Molecular diagnostics of fine needle aspiration for the presurgical screening of thyroid nodules.

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Published in Curr Genomics on June 01, 2014

Authors

Poupak Fallahi1, Riccardo Giannini2, Paolo Miccoli2, Alessandro Antonelli1, Fulvio Basolo2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa.
2: Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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