Phaeochromocytoma presenting as pyrexia of undetermined origin: diagnosis using gallium-67.
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Phaeochromocytoma presenting as pyrexia of undetermined origin: diagnosis using gallium-67.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.284.6323.1164