The importance of compression elastography in the evaluation of thyroid nodule malignancy
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Miloš Gašić1, Sava Stajić2, Biljana Vitošević3, Predrag Mandić1, Jasmina Ćirić4,5, Dorentina Bexheti6, Milan Milisavljević5, Zdravko Vitošević1 1University of Priština, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia; 2University Clinical Center "Dr. Dragiša Mišović – Dedinje”, Department for Radiological Diagnostics, Belgrade, Serbia; 3University of Priština, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Medical Department, Leposavić, Serbia; 4Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Belgrade, Serbia; 5University of Belgrade, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia; 6State University of Tetovo, Faculty of Medical Science, Tetovo, Macedonia
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