Follow-up evaluation and clinical course of patients with benign nodular thyroid disease

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 653-658

  Mittendorf, Elizabeth A ^a   McHenry, Christopher R ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0033065460     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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