Diagnostic Challenge of Rapid Enlargement of the Thyroid: Autoimmune Thyroiditis - Thyroid Lymphoma - Malignant Thyroid Disease
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Gudrun Leidig-Bruckner1*, Karin Frank-Raue1, Angela Lorenz1, Thomas J. Musholt2, Arno Schad3 and Friedhelm Raue1 1Practice for Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine, Brückenstr, 21, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany 2Endocrine Surgery Section, Department of General, Visceral-, and Transplantation Surgery, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany 3Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr, 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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تاریخ انتشار 2013