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. 1958 Sep;23(3):155–186.

Cancer of the Adrenal Cortex

The natural history, prognosis and treatment in a study of fifty-five cases. Hunterian Lecture delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 6th March 1958

David A Macfarlane
PMCID: PMC2413691  PMID: 13571886

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