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Comment on: Lack of association between obesity and aggressiveness of differentiated thyroid cancer

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  1. Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morpho-Functional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125, Messina, Italy

    A. Campennì & S. Baldari

  2. Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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Campennì, A., Trimarchi, F. & Baldari, S. Comment on: Lack of association between obesity and aggressiveness of differentiated thyroid cancer. J Endocrinol Invest 42, 107–108 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-018-0970-5

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