The Diagnostic Accuracy of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and the Diagnostic Usefulness of Galectin-3 Immunostaining for the Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
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Jung, Chan-Kwon
(Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Shin, Jung-Ha (Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Lee, Hyun-Seung (Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Lee, Ah-Won (Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Jung, Eun-Sun (Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Choi, Yeong-Jin (Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Lee, Kyo-Young (Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) |
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