Endocrine pp 1–5, First Online: 10 December 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s12020-016-1198-9
Giacomo Tirabassi, Melissa Cutini, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Nicola delli Muti, Giovanni Corona, Mariano Galdiero, Rosario Pivonello, Annamaria Colao, Giancarlo Balercia g.balercia at univpm.it
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