Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 85-91 , May 2006

Thyroid and parathyroid disease in children

  • Shawn D. Safford, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia
    • ,
  • Michael A. Skinner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Michael A. Skinner, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 3815 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710

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doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2006.02.005

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 85-91 , May 2006

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