Ultimobranchial thyroid neoplasms in bulls.A syndrome resembling medullary thyroid carcinoma in man
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197310)32:4<865::aid-cncr2820320418>3.0.co;2-t