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Editorial
. 2019 Aug 22;63(4):314-317.
doi: 10.20945/2359-3997000000162.

Why did Amelita Galli-Curci lose her voice?

Oscar D Bruno  1
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Editorial

Why did Amelita Galli-Curci lose her voice?

Oscar D Bruno. Arch Endocrinol Metab. .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Poster presented by Kikuchi and cols. at the 12th International Thyroid Conference 2000 in Kyoto; the red arrow pointed at a portrait of AG-C, by then a symbol of complications of thyroid surgery.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Family picture taken in Rosario in one of the visits of AG-C to Argentina. Red arrow, AG-C; yellow arrow, husband Homer Samuels; white arrow, brother Giuseppe; green arrow, brother Enrico.
Figure 3
Figure 3. The red arrow points at Galli-Curci’s lump on the right side of her neck.
Figure 4
Figure 4. Galli-Curci in hospital after surgery (New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Associated Press).
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