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Acromegaly in the developing world — a 20-year teaching hospital experience

F. J. L. Kaplan, N. S. Levitt, J. C. De Villiers, S. G. Soule Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Neurosurgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Pages 22-27 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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