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Horm Metab Res 2008; 40(5): 299-301
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076696
Editorial

© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Update on Endocrine-related Tumors

S. R. Bornstein 1 , M. P. Wirth 2 , A. V. Schally 3
  • 1Department of Medicine, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
  • 2Department of Urology, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
  • 3V. A. Medical Center and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA
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received 18.12.2007

accepted 18.12.2007

Publication Date:
19 May 2008 (online)

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endocrine-related tumors - adrenal - peptide analogues - international symposium Dresden

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Correspondence

S.R. BornsteinMD, PhD 

Department of Medicine

Carl Gustav Carus

University of Dresden

Fetscherstraße 74

01307 Dresden

Germany

Phone: +49/351/458 59 55

Fax: +49/351/458 63 98

Email: stefan.bornstein@uniklinikum-dresden.de

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