Intraoperation haemorrhage into hypophysis adenoma as the cause of acromegaly remission
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2310-3965,2306-3513
DOI: 10.14341/2306-3513-2011-1-39-44