Mitochondrial DNA ‘common’ deletion in Hürthle cell lesions of the thyroid
✍ Scribed by Valdemar Máximo; Manuel Sobrinho-Simões
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 192
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3417
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