Embolization as an Alternative Treatment of Insulinoma in a Patient with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Syndrome
✍ Scribed by Melpomeni Peppa; Εlias Brountzos; Nicolaos Economopoulos; Eleni Boutati; Vasilios Pikounis; Paul Patapis; Theofanis Economopoulos; Sotirios A. Raptis; Dimitrios Hadjidakis
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 264 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-086X
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