Effectiveness of endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for gonadotroph adenoma mimicking dementia: A case report
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عنوان ژورنال: Intractable & Rare Diseases Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2186-361X,2186-3644
DOI: 10.5582/irdr.2019.01082