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Hoda, R.S., Austin, E. (2020). Fine Needle Aspiration of Benign Thyroid Nodules. In: Hoda, R., Rao, R., Scognamiglio, T. (eds) Atlas of Thyroid Cytopathology on Liquid-Based Preparations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25066-9_4

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