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Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the thyroid together with papillary thyroid carcinoma

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    Hatice Ozisik, Banu Sarer Yurekli, Ilgın Yildirim Simsir, Mehmet Erdogan, Sevki Cetinkalp, Gokhan Ozgen & Fusun Saygili

  2. Division of Pathology, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey

    Derya Demir & Yesim Ertan

  3. Division of General Surgery, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey

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Ozisik, H., Yurekli, B.S., Demir, D. et al. Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the thyroid together with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Hormones 19, 253–259 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42000-020-00181-2

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