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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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