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Medullary Thyroid Cancer

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A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology

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  1. Department of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

    Jacqueline Jonklaas (Endocrine Section, Assistant Professor)

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  1. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The Mount Sinai Hospital and the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, New York, NY

    Terry F. Davies

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Jonklaas, J. (2008). Medullary Thyroid Cancer. In: Davies, T.F. (eds) A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology. Contemporary Endocrinology™. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-103-5_13

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