Cystic metastasis from an occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland
โ Scribed by G. H. Griffith
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 243 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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