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  1. Institute of Endocrine Sciences, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS, Instituto Policlinico San Donato, Italy.

    Bruno Ambrosi

  2. University of Milano, Milano, Italy

    Laura Barbetta, Chiara Dall'Asta & Rossella Libé

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Ambrosi, B., Barbetta, L., Dall'Asta, C. et al. Letter to the Editor. Pituitary 4, 127–128 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015348321084

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