Management of Thyroid Nodules
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Carol B. Benson, MD J. William Charboneau, MD Edmund S. Cibas, MD Orlo H. Clark, MD Beverly G. Coleman, MD John J. Cronan, MD Peter M. Doubilet, MD, PhD Douglas B. Evans, MD John R. Goellner, MD Ian D. Hay, MD, PhD Barbara S. Hertzberg, MD Charles M. Intenzo, MD R. Brooke Jeffrey, MD Jill E. Langer, MD P. Reed Larsen, MD Susan J. Mandel, MD William D. Middleton, MD Carl C. Reading, MD Steven I. Sherman, MD Franklin N. Tessler, MD
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