A Brief Overview of the Epidemiology of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma in Korea.

Endocrinol Metab (Seoul)

Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Hwaseong, Korea.

Published: March 2020

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