1481: Clinical Evaluation of Elastography for the Differential Diagnosis of Thyroid Follicular Tumors
β Scribed by Nobuhiro Fukunari; Kazushige Arai; Akio Naakamura; Tomomi Yamazaki; Satoshi Sakaue; Kenji Nakano
- Book ID
- 108295933
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 86 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-5629
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