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Values and limitations of the comparing thyroid radiofrequency and microwave ablation using propensity score

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  1. Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

    Hye Sun Park & Jung Hwan Baek

  2. Vascular & Interventional Radiology Section, Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health System, 1215 Lee Street, Charlottesville, VA, 22908-0170, USA

    Auh Whan Park

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Park, H.S., Baek, J.H. & Park, A.W. Values and limitations of the comparing thyroid radiofrequency and microwave ablation using propensity score. Endocrine 56, 681–682 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-017-1302-9

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