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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

The Feasibility of Total or Near-Total Bilateral Thyroidectomy for the Treatment of Bilateral Multinodular Goiter

Weiping Yang Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Tanglei Shao Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Jiazeng Ding Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Xiaotai Jin Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Qinyu Li Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Peiguo G. Chu Department of Pathology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA
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Yun Yen Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA
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Weihua Qiu Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Pages 195-200 | Received 11 Aug 2008, Accepted 30 Sep 2008, Published online: 13 Aug 2009

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