The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 1 , Pages 30-33 , January 2008

Enlarged parathyroid glands discovered in normocalcemic patients during thyroid surgery

  • Bassam Abboud, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 961-1-615400; fax: 961-1-615332.
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  • Ghassan Sleilaty, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
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  • Carla Braidy, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
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  • Claude Ghorra, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
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  • Gerard Abadjian, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
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  • Cyril Tohme, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
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  • Roger Noun, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
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  • Riad Sarkis, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

Received 28 April 2007 ,Revised 15 July 2007

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PII: S0002-9610(07)00600-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.01.033

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 1 , Pages 30-33 , January 2008

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