Thyroid Cancer Outcomes in Filipino Patients
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Thyroid cancer outcomes in Filipino patients.
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0886-4470
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2009.206