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Evaluation of bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy in adrenocorticotropic hormone-dependent Cushing's syndrome

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The synopsis was written by Vicky Heath, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), 3840 rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal, QC H2W 1T8, Canada andre.lacroix@umontreal.ca

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Lacroix, A. Evaluation of bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy in adrenocorticotropic hormone-dependent Cushing's syndrome. Nat Rev Endocrinol 4, 310–311 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0808

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