Retroperitoneal neurilemoma presenting with humoral hypercalcemia associated with markedly elevated plasma prostaglandin levels
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19910901)68:5<1086::aid-cncr2820680530>3.0.co;2-a