Head and neck category: Assessment of pre-operative investigations of thyroglossal cysts

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-49

  Johnson, I J M ^a,c   Smith, I ^a   Akintunde, M O ^b   Robson, A K ^b   Stafford, F W ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Infirmary Sunderland   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Investigations; Thyroglossal cyst

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROGLOSSAL CYST; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0030029324     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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