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A contemporary look at thyroid nodule management

What every Saudi physician and surgeon should know

Mazin Merdad
Saudi Medical Journal February 2020, 41 (2) 123-127; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.2.24899
Mazin Merdad
From the Department of Otolayrngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, MPH
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