Post-Thyroidectomy Hemorrhage: Time, Place, Risk, and the Surgeon
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Patterns of Post-thyroidectomy Hemorrhage
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Endocrine Surgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2508-8149,2508-8459
DOI: 10.16956/jes.2020.20.4.47