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Are scintigraphy, ultrasonography, and the parathyroid hormone assay necessary to identify solitary parathyroid adenomas?

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boxed-textBarczynski M et al. (2006) Technetium-99m-sestamibi subtraction scintigraphy vs. ultrasonography combined with a rapid parathyroid hormone assay in parathyroid aspirates in preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas and directing surgical approach. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 65: 106–113

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Moore, F. Are scintigraphy, ultrasonography, and the parathyroid hormone assay necessary to identify solitary parathyroid adenomas?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 3, 214–215 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0423

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