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CASE REPORT: Tumor-Associated Hypoglycemia from Metastatic Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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    Andrew H. Ko & Emily K. Bergsland

  2. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

    Grace A. Lee

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Ko, A.H., Bergsland, E.K. & Lee, G.A. CASE REPORT: Tumor-Associated Hypoglycemia from Metastatic Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Dig Dis Sci 48, 192–196 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021836806316

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