Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 483-499 , September 2006

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy

  • Andrew A. Gumbs, MD (Instructor in Clinical Surgery)
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  • Michel Gagner, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Professor of Surgery Chief, Division of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 746 5294; Fax: +1 212 746 5236.

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