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Thyroid Nodules (cont.)

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Authors: Robert Ferry, Jr., MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Physician, University Health System (San Antonio TX) & 162nd Area Support Medical Company, Army National Guard; Stephanie L Lee, MD, PhD, FACE, Director of Thyroid Disease Center, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine

Coauthor: Sonia Ananthakrishnan, MD, Fellow in Endocrinology, Boston Medical Center

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD


Last Editorial Review: 3/19/2008

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