Thyroid nodule shape and prediction of malignancy.

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Published in Thyroid on November 01, 2004

Authors

Erik K Alexander1, Ellen Marqusee, Joseph Orcutt, Carol B Benson, Mary C Frates, Peter M Doubilet, Edmund S Cibas, Alireza Atri

Author Affiliations

1: Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Hypertension and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. ekalexander@partners.org

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