Surgery
Volume 144, Issue 6 , Pages 970-977 , December 2008

Computed tomography can guide focused exploration in select patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and negative sestamibi scanning

,Accepted 27 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.08.029

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