Patterns of nodal metastases in palpable medullary thyroid carcinoma: Recommendations for extent of node dissection

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 229, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 880-888

  Moley, Jeffrey F ^a   DeBenedetti, Mary K ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PALPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033503932     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199906000-00016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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