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PseudoCushing: why a clinical challenge?

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    F. Pecori Giraldi

  2. Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Via Zucchi 18, 20095, Cusano Milanino, MI, Italy

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Pecori Giraldi, F. PseudoCushing: why a clinical challenge?. J Endocrinol Invest 38, 1137–1139 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-015-0296-5

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