Diagnostic Challenges in Atypical Pulmonary Carcinoid
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1 Clinic of Internal Medicine, „Sf. Ioan” Clinical Emergency Hospital, „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania 2 Clinic of Internal Medicine, Clinical Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania 3 Department of Pathology, Elias Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania 4 Department of Vascular Surgery, „Sf. Ioan” Clinical Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania Corresponding author: Alice Balaceanu Department of Internal Medicine, „Sf. Ioan” Clinical Emergency Hospital, „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 13th Vitan Birzesti Avenue, 42122, Bucharest, Romania. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract
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