Indications for thyroid FNA and pre-FNA requirements: A synopsis of the National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration State of the Science Conference
✍ Scribed by Edmund S. Cibas; Erik K. Alexander; Carol B. Benson; Pedro Patricio de Agustín; Gerard M. Doherty; William C. Faquin; William D. Middleton; Theodore Miller; Stephen S. Raab; Matthew L. White; Susan J. Mandel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-1039
- DOI
- 10.1002/dc.20827
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