Observation Alone after Transsphenoidal Surgery for Nonfunctioning Pituitary Macroadenoma
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0021-972X,1945-7197
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-2552