SPMP 8101 Usefulness of power Doppler in the diagnostic management of thyroid nodules
β Scribed by Stefano Spiezia; Gaetana Cerbone; Annamaria Colao; Angelo P. Assantl; Gennaro M. Picone; Bartolomeo Merola; Gaetano Lombardl
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-5629
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