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01-03-2016 | Letter to the Editor

The Significance of BRAF V600e Mutation and Preoperative Ultrasound for Central Compartment Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma

Author: Ali Kagan Coskun

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 3/2016

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Dear Editor …

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Title: The Significance of BRAF V600e Mutation and Preoperative Ultrasound for Central Compartment Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma
Author: Ali Kagan Coskun
Publication date: 01-03-2016
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-015-3178-2

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