Pharmacotherapy for hormone excess in adrenocortical carcinoma

Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Basic Science and Clinical Concepts

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 383-402

  Auchus, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84919623464     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77236-3_23     Document Type: Chapter

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