Role of serum thyroglobulin in the pre-operative evaluation of follicular thyroid tumours

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 553-557

  Hocevar, Marko ^a   Auersperg, Marija ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Follicular neoplasm; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NODULAR GOITER; ONCOCYTOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY;

EID: 0031704382     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(98)93644-7     Document Type: Article

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