Fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid
โ Scribed by Poller, David N. ;Ibrahim, Ashraf K. ;Cummings, Michael H. ;Mikel, John J. ;Boote, David ;Perry, Michael
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 132 KB
- Volume
- 90
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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