The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 2 , Pages 188-192 , August 2009

Do patients undergoing parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism in San Francisco, CA, and Bursa, Turkey, differ?

Received 25 June 2008 ,Revised 2 September 2008

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 T.K. was a visiting scholar in Endocrine Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

PII: S0002-9610(09)00044-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.09.031

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 2 , Pages 188-192 , August 2009

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