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Use of surgeon-performed office ultrasound and parathyroid fine needle aspiration for complex parathyroid localization

✍ Scribed by Antonia E. Stephen; Mira Milas; Carolyn N. Garner; Kristen E. Wagner; Allan E. Siperstein

Book ID: 113920234
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 228 KB
Volume: 138
Category: Article
ISSN: 0039-6060
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2005.08.030

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