[Height and weight development in an adolescent with complete growth hormone deficiency secondary to a craniopharyngioma].
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Endocrinologia y nutricion : organo de la Sociedad Espanola de Endocrinologia y Nutricion
دوره 58 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011