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Chapter 4 - Biochemical testing

from Section II - Investigative techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

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Paul M. Yip ,
Karen Gomez-Hernandez  and
Shereen Ezzat
Edited by
Ozgur Mete  and
Sylvia L. Asa
Ozgur Mete
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Sylvia L. Asa
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Endocrine Pathology , pp. 87 - 108
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2000

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