Familial Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Case Report

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 503-506

  Loh, K C ^a,c   Lo, J C ^a   Greenspan, F S ^a   Miller, T R ^b   Yeo, P P B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Genetics; Inherited thyroid neoplasm; Management; Non medullary thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0031174989     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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