Korean J Endocr Surg.  2017 Mar;17(1):1-18. 10.16956/kaes.2017.17.1.1.

Surgical Treatment Guidelines for Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The Korean Association of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgeons (KATES) Guidelines Taskforce

• Park JW
• Chung KW
• Yun JS
• Kwon H
• Kim HY
• Nam KH
• Park KS
• Park MH
• Bae JS
• Youn HJ
• Lee KE
• Lim CY
• Jung JH
• Choe JH
• The Korean Association of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgeons (KATES) Guidelines Taskforce
• Kim LS
• Lee SJ
• Yoon JH

• KMID: 2397987
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.16956/kaes.2017.17.1.1

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Humans
Surgeons*
Thyroid Gland*
Thyroid Neoplasms*

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