Endocrine function in small cell undifferentiated carcinoma of the lung
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19821115)50:10<2147::aid-cncr2820501029>3.0.co;2-m