Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Saudi Arabia Clinical, Pathologic, and Management Characteristics

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-311

  Al Nuaim, Abdul Rahman ^a,e,f   Ahmed, Mohammed ^b   Bakheet, Siema ^b   Kareem, Abdul Majeed Abdul ^b   Ingmenson, Stig ^b   Al Ahmari, Saad ^c   Al Saihati, Basima ^d   Ali, M Ashraf ^b   Akthar, Mohammed ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^d DAMMAM CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Department of Medicine ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^f KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SAUDI ARABIA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0029933498     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199604000-00010     Document Type: Article

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