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    Olivia Laura Friedrich, Christof Sohn & Michael Eichbaum

  2. Department of Pathology of the University Medical Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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Friedrich, O.L., Sinn, HP., Sohn, C. et al. Giant struma ovarii. Arch Gynecol Obstet 287, 399–400 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-012-2533-x

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