*Head of the Department of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery; †Head of the Department of Surgery, Department of Surgery; ‡Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine; §Staff, Department of Surgery; ¶Former Head of the Department of Endocrine Surgery, Centre of Thyroid Diseases, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany.
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Reprints: Stefan Limmer, MD, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein Campus, Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]; or [email protected].
Chief Editor's Note:This article is the 5th of 18 that will be published in 2009 for which a total of up to 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ can be earned. Instructions for how credits can be earned precede the CME Examination at the back of this issue.
