Clinical outcome of thyroid occult carcinoma revealed by lymph node metastasis

Practica Otologica

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 639-643

  Chijiwa, Keiichi ^a   Izumaru, Shinsuke ^a   Toyozumi, Yasuo ^a   Matsuda, Youichi ^a   Umeno, Hirohito ^a   Nakashima, Tadashi ^a  

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Author keywords

Cervical lymph node metastasis; Occult carcinoma; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042412642     PISSN: 00326313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5631/jibirin.94.639     Document Type: Article

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