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Thyroid ultrasound as a predicator of thyroid disease

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Vitti, P., Rago, T. Thyroid ultrasound as a predicator of thyroid disease. J Endocrinol Invest 26, 686–689 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03347031

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