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Letter to the Editor| Volume 149, ISSUE 6, P852, June 2011

Adrenal venous sampling but not computed tomography is essential before undertaking adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism

Published:January 06, 2011DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2010.10.015
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