Restricted accessLetterFirst published online 2012-02
The 2009 Revised American Thyroid Association Guidelines for Thyroid Cancer: The Extent of Surgery for Thyroid Carcinoma Less Than One and One Half Centimeters or Low-Risk Thyroid Carcinoma
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