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La sindrome dello Pseudo-Cushing

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  1. Unità di Antropometria e Medicina delle Costituzioni, Centro Interdipartimentale di Medicina dello Sport e dell’Esercizio Fisico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italia

    Roberto Toni

  2. Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna, Bologna, Italia

    Roberto Toni

  3. Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Roberto Toni

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Presentato il 3 febbraio 2017 in occasione della lettura internazionale PseudoCushing and Metabolic syndrome, Endocrine Grand Rounds, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center–Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.

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Toni, R. La sindrome dello Pseudo-Cushing. L'Endocrinologo 18, 86–89 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40619-017-0302-6

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