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Observation for newly diagnosed micro-papillary thyroid cancer: is now the time?

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Pacini, F. Observation for newly diagnosed micro-papillary thyroid cancer: is now the time?. J Endocrinol Invest 38, 101–102 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-014-0200-8

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