Comments on ‘Technetium-99m-sestamibi subtraction scintigraphy vs. ultrasonography combined with a rapid parathyroid hormone assay in parathyroid aspirates in preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas and in directing surgical approach’
Prateek K. Mehrotra,
Prateek K. Mehrotra
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author Amit Agarwal,
Amit Agarwal
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author Nilkamal Kumar,
Nilkamal Kumar
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author Anjali Mishra,
Anjali Mishra
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author Gaurav Agarwal,
Gaurav Agarwal
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author A. K. Verma,
A. K. Verma
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author S. K. Mishra,
S. K. Mishra
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
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Prateek K. Mehrotra,
Prateek K. Mehrotra
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author Amit Agarwal,
Amit Agarwal
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author Nilkamal Kumar,
Nilkamal Kumar
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author Anjali Mishra,
Anjali Mishra
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author Gaurav Agarwal,
Gaurav Agarwal
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author A. K. Verma,
A. K. Verma
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author S. K. Mishra,
S. K. Mishra
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institite of Medical Sciences, Endocrine Surgery, Lucknow, UP, India
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First published: 27 March 2007
Correspondence: Dr Amit Agarwal, Department of Endocrine Surgery,
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rai Bareilly Road, Lucknow-226014, India. E-mail: [email protected] No abstract is available for this article.
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