Occult papillary thyroid carcinoma in postmortem species: prevalence at autopsy
β Scribed by C. Arturo Solares; Marco A. Penalonzo; Meng Xu; Elizabeth Orellana
- Book ID
- 116213726
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-818X
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