Calcified pulmonary metastases from medullary carcinoma of the thyroid
β Scribed by James M. Jimenez; Sean O. Casey; Marc Citron; Arfa Khan
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 398 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-6111
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