The management of thyroid nodules: a retrospective analysis of health insurance data.

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Published in Dtsch Arztebl Int on December 06, 2013

Authors

Romy Wienhold1, Markus Scholz, J Rgen-Bernhard Adler, Christian G Nster, Ralf Paschke

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Nephrology-Department of Internal Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, Universitäts - medizin Leipzig, Wissenschaftliches Institut der AOK (WIdO, AOK's Scientific Institute), Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig.

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