Occult anaplastic thyroid carcinoma associated with marked hypercalcemia
โ Scribed by Shodayu Takashima; Shizuo Morimoto; Junpei Ikezoe; Yukihito Kokado; Takahiro Kozuka
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 453 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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