Sistema endocrino y corazón: una revisión

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia - Tập 64 Số 3 - Trang 220-231 - 2011
Soo S. Rhee1, Elizabeth N. Pearce1
1Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos

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