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Imaging of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma

S. Ahmed, M.P. Ghazarian, M.E. Cabanillas, M.E. Zafereo, M.D. Williams, T. Vu, D.F. Schomer and J.M. Debnam
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5487
S. Ahmed
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (S.A., T.V., D.F.S., J.M.D.)
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M.P. Ghazarian
eDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging (M.P.G.), University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas.
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M.E. Cabanillas
bEndocrine Neoplasia (M.E.C.)
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M.E. Zafereo
cHead and Neck Surgery (M.E.Z.)
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M.D. Williams
dPathology (M.D.W.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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T. Vu
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D.F. Schomer
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J.M. Debnam
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