Occult medullary carcinoma of thyroid. An unusual clinical and pathologic presentation
โ Scribed by Irving L. White; Shirin D. Vimadalal; Boris Catz; Robert van de Velde; Thomas Laganga
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 901 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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