Puzzle over active surveillance for micropapillary thyroid carcinoma
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Translational Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2305-5839,2305-5847
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2018.02.01