IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF SOLITARY THYROID NODULE.
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عنوان ژورنال: Mansoura Medical Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2735-3990
DOI: 10.21608/mjmu.2009.138491