Lymphocytic hypophysitis

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-123

  Crock, Patricia ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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EID: 0008367419     PISSN: 10683097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00060793-199704000-00007     Document Type: Article

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