Vol 71, No 6 (2020)
Clinical vignette
Published online: 2020-10-28
Autonomous functioning thyroid nodule — a rare paediatric diagnosis
Abstract
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Keywords: thyroid nodulepediatricsautonomous functioning thyroid nodulestoxic adenomathyroid scintigraphy
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