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We think this is the right time to publish a book on rare tumours of the thyroid gland for a number of reasons.

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  1. Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

    Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, Catarina Eloy, Isabel Amendoeira, Paula Soares & Miguel Melo

  2. i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Porto, Portugal

    Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, Catarina Eloy, Paula Soares & Miguel Melo

  3. Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, Catarina Eloy & Paula Soares

  4. Department of Pathology, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal

    Manuel Sobrinho-Simões & Isabel Amendoeira

  5. Department of Pathology, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Galician Healthcare Service (SERGAS), Lugo, Spain

    Javier Caneiro-Gómez

  6. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Miguel Melo

  7. Unit of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Miguel Melo

  8. Department of Pathology, Clinical University Hospital, Galician Healthcare Service (SERGAS), Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    José M. Cameselle-Teijeiro

  9. Medical Faculty, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    José M. Cameselle-Teijeiro

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  1. Dpt. of Anatomic Pathology, Clinical University Hospital (SERGAS), Medical Faculty, University of Santiagode Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    José Manuel Cameselle-Teijeiro

  2. Medical Faculty, University of Porto, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), i3S – Instituto deInvestigação e Inovação em Saúde, Porto, Portugal

    Catarina Eloy

  3. Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, University of Porto, Department of Pathology Hospital S. João, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Porto, Portugal

    Manuel Sobrinho-Simões

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Sobrinho-Simões, M. et al. (2018). Introduction. In: Cameselle-Teijeiro, J., Eloy, C., Sobrinho-Simões, M. (eds) Rare Tumors of the Thyroid Gland. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61182-2_1

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