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ACTH-Secreting Pheochromocytoma with False-Negative ACTH Immunohistochemistry

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  1. Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy

    Maria Francesca Cassarino, Luca Pagliardini, Martina De Martin, Francesco Cavagnini & Francesca Pecori Giraldi

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Alberto Giacinto Ambrogio & Francesca Pecori Giraldi

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    Valeria Barresi

  4. University of Milan, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, piazzale Brescia 20, 20149, Milan, Italy

    Francesca Pecori Giraldi

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Cassarino, M.F., Ambrogio, A.G., Pagliardini, L. et al. ACTH-Secreting Pheochromocytoma with False-Negative ACTH Immunohistochemistry. Endocr Pathol 23, 191–195 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12022-012-9212-0

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