González FRF, Cabello IR

Language: Spanish
References: 4
Page: 104-105
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ABSTRACT

Surgical access to the thyroid gland during the late 19th and early 20th century was very limited. We present two rare pictures of the first thyroidectomy performed in Mexico by Anselmo Cabello Aguirre MD

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3. Comunicación personal Sr. Ing. Anselmo Cabello Dávila, abuelo del coautor.

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