The Prevalence of Thyroid Cancer in Patients with Multinodular Goiter
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عنوان ژورنال: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2090-7125
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.65255