Risk factors of lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

Journal of the Korean Surgical Society

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 82-86

  Lee, Nam Seop ^a   Bae, Ja Seong ^a   Jeong, So Ryeong ^a   Jung, Chan Kwon ^a   Lim, Dong Jun ^a   Park, Woo Chan ^a   Kim, Jeong Soo ^a   Kim, Seung Nam ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central lymph node metastasis; Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651360169     PISSN: 12260053     EISSN: 20930488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4174/jkss.2010.78.2.82     Document Type: Article

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