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Comments on Wale et al. : Combined 99mTc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile scintigraphy and fine-needle aspiration cytology offers an accurate and potentially cost-effective investigative strategy for the assessment of solitary or dominant thyroid nodules

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  1. Department of Surgery, Bushehr Medical University Hospital, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

    Ahmad Riazi

  2. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Bushehr Medical University Hospital, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

    Mohammadreza Kalantarhormozi

  3. Department of Endocrinology, The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

    Iraj Nabipour & Afshin Ostovar

  4. Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (GRCGH), Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

    Hamid Javadi

  5. The Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, 3631, Iran

    Majid Assadi

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Riazi, A., Kalantarhormozi, M., Nabipour, I. et al. Comments on Wale et al. : Combined 99mTc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile scintigraphy and fine-needle aspiration cytology offers an accurate and potentially cost-effective investigative strategy for the assessment of solitary or dominant thyroid nodules. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 41, 575–576 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-013-2641-2

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