Carcinoid tumor arising in a horseshoe kidney
✍ Scribed by Francisco Rodríguez-Covarrubias; Xochitl Gómez; Juan C. Valerio; Carmen Lome-Maldonado; Fernando Gabilondo
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-1623
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