Surgery
Volume 144, Issue 6 , Pages 978-979 , December 2008

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

  • Nancy D. Perrier, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nancy D. Perrier, MD, FACS, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Surgical Oncology, Box 444, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, FC12.3000, Houston, TX 77030.
    • ,
  • Thinh Vu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex

,Accepted 27 August 2008.

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PII: S0039-6060(08)00594-1

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.10.002

Surgery
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