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How should the “optimal” pre-operative localizing imaging work-up in hyperparathyroid patients be?

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Rubello, D. How should the “optimal” pre-operative localizing imaging work-up in hyperparathyroid patients be?. J Endocrinol Invest 29, 854–856 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03347384

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