Recent trends becoming standard of care yielding smaller, more successful operations at a lower cost

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 683-688

  Norman, James ^a  

^a Norman Endocrine Surgery Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 3242695209     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2004.02.002     Document Type: Review

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