Pericardial effusion: Unusual complication in thyroid cancer

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-220

  Silva, Frieda ^a,b   García, Lourdes ^a   Flores, Charlie ^a   Storer, David ^a   Aguiló, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; THORAX SCINTISCANNING; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029966559     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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