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Ipilimumab-induced endocrinopathies: when to start corticosteroids (or not)

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  1. Endocrinology Unit, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy

    Salvatore Maria Corsello

  2. Pituitary Center, Division of Endocrinology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Roberto Salvatori

  3. Endocrinology Unit, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

    Agnese Barnabei

  4. Chair of Medical Oncology, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Liana De Vecchis & Francesco Torino

  5. Medical Oncology Division, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Paolo Marchetti

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Corsello, S.M., Salvatori, R., Barnabei, A. et al. Ipilimumab-induced endocrinopathies: when to start corticosteroids (or not). Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 72, 489–490 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00280-013-2213-y

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