Urology
Volume 74, Issue 4 , Pages 722-725 , October 2009

The Case of a Poorly Differentiated Gastric Adenocarcinoma Disguised as a Testicular Germ Cell Tumor in a 34-year-old Male

Received 18 February 2009 ,Accepted 30 May 2009.

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 This work was funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (to L. J. Barlow).

PII: S0090-4295(09)00786-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.05.072

Urology
Volume 74, Issue 4 , Pages 722-725 , October 2009

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