Is there any predictive characteristic for malignancy in thyroid enlargements during childhood?

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 70-74

  Karagüzel, Güngör ^a,b   Tanyel, F C ^a   Buyukpamukcu N ^a   Hicsonmez A ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Goiter, nodular; Thyroid neoplasm; Thyroid nodule; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0029963679     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1066474     Document Type: Article

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