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Vol. 149 No. 0304 (2019)

Multidisciplinary approach for risk-oriented treatment of low-risk papillary thyroid cancer in Switzerland

  • Henryk Zulewski
  • Luca Giovanella
  • Stefan Bilz
  • Emanuel Christ
  • Andreas Haldemann
  • Hans Steinert
  • Sabine Weidner
  • Daniel Oertli
  • Frédéric Triponez
  • Thomas Clerici
  • Anna Minder
  • Matthias Dettmer
  • Paul Komminoth
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2019.14700
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2019;149:w14700
Published
27.01.2019

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