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  1. Director 1st Surgical Clinic, Hygeia Hospital, 227 Kifissias Avenue, 14561, Kifissia, Greece

    Dimitrios Linos

  2. Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, First Street SW 200, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Jon A. van Heerden

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Proye, C.A., Pattou, F.N., Armstrong, J. (2005). Primary Adrenocortical Carcinoma. In: Linos, D., van Heerden, J.A. (eds) Adrenal Glands. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26861-8_13

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