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Prominent corneal nerves in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A: Diagnostic implications

✍ Scribed by Shin-Ichiro Takai; Shigeru Kinoshita; Fumi Tanaka; Masataka Ikeda; Norifumi Tanaka; Tetsuro Kobayashi


Publisher
Springer
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
604 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
0364-2313

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