Mis-attribution of ectopic corticotropin-releasing hormone secretion (causing eutopic secondary adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion) to ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion?
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Occult ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion: diagnostic dilemma and infective consequence
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1470-2118,1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.19-1-89a