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12 - Medullary thyroid carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2014

Grace C. H. Yang
Grace C. H. Yang
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Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration , pp. 376 - 403
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2013

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