Ethanol instillation of adenoma of the thyroid gland - A five-year experience

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 581-588

  Blank, W ^a   Braun, B ^a,b  

^a District Hospital Reutlingen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol instillation; Autonomous thyroid gland adenoma; Colour Doppler sonography; Thyroid gland autonomy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GOITER; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0032443285     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709809152907     Document Type: Article

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