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Our Understanding of Well-differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Christopher Thompson, Iain J Nixon

Citation Information : Thompson C, Nixon IJ. Our Understanding of Well-differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Int J Head Neck Surg 2017; 8 (2):64-70.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10001-1308

License: CC BY 3.0

Published Online: 01-04-2013

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2017; The Author(s).


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Thompson C, Nixon IJ. Our Understanding of Well-differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Int J Head Neck Surg 2017;8(2):64-70.


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