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Clinical and functional results of radiofrequency ablation and microwave ablation in patients with benign thyroid nodules

Mirkhalig Javadov, Emrah Karatay and Mustafa U. Ugurlu
Saudi Medical Journal August 2021, 42 (8) 838-846; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.8.20210307

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