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- Total thyroidectomy vs thyroid lobectomy for localized medullary thyroid cancer in adults: a propensity-matched survival analysis.Surgery. 2022; 172: 385-1,391
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Publication history
Published online: January 11, 2023
Accepted:
December 12,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Corrected ProofIdentification
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