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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Elastografía por ultrasonido en nódulos tiroideos: ¿es útil para distinguir entre patología benigna y maligna?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Ultrasound elastography of thyroid nodules: is it useful for distinguishing between benign and malignant pathology?]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Zatarain Gulmar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Lara]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ariosto Honorio]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Simental Ochoa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco Gabriel]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Ángeles Lomas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Ángeles Lomas Departamento de Imagenología ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Ángeles Lomas  ]]></institution>
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<country>México</country>
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<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
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<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
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<volume>17</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>311</fpage>
<lpage>317</lpage>
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