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Brouwers, F.M., Lenders, J.W., Eisenhofer, G. et al. Pheochromocytoma as an Endocrine Emergency. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 4, 121–128 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022981801344

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