Family study of serum carcinoembryonic antigen in inherited medullary carcinoma of the thyroid
β Scribed by Takaya Kodama; Masayuki Fujino; Yasuo Endo; Takao Obara; Yoshihide Fujimoto; Isamu Adachi; Kaoru Abe; Toshitsugu Oda; Tatsuo Wada
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 252 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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