Parathyroid carcinoma: clinical and morphological features
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical endocrinology and endocrine surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2519-2582,1818-1384
DOI: 10.24026/1818-1384.2(47).2014.75511