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Can ultrasound and clinical features be used to predict thyroid cancer in solitary nodules and multinodular goiter?

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boxed-textFrates MC et al. (2006) Prevalence and distribution of carcinoma in patients with solitary and multiple thyroid nodules on sonography. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91: 3411–3417

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