Asian Journal of Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 20-24 , January 2010

Primary Lymphoma of the Thyroid: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations

  • Basro Sarinah
    • ,
  • Abdullah-Noor Hisham

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Abdullah Hisham, Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hospital Putrajaya, Precinct 7, Putrajaya 62250, Malaysia

,Accepted 10 November 2009.

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PII: S1015-9584(10)60004-8

doi: 10.1016/S1015-9584(10)60004-8

Asian Journal of Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 20-24 , January 2010

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