Thyroid scintigraphy in the management of benign thyroid disease
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Benign thyroid disease
Pervenuto in Redazione Giugno 2011. Accettato per la pubblicazione Ottobre 2011 Correspondence to: Prof. Dott. Pasquale Petronella, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, U.O. di Chirurgia Generale e Geriatrica, Piazza Miraglia 58, 00138 Naples, Italy (E-mail: [email protected]). Pasquale Petronella*, Fulvio Freda*, Andrea Fiore**, Marco Scorzelli...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ghana Medical Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0016-9560
DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v52i4.12