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    Antonio V. Sterpetti, Giorgio De Toma & Alessandro De Cesare

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Sterpetti, A.V., De Toma, G. & De Cesare, A. Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: Its History. World J Surg 38, 3138–3141 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2758-x

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