Appearance of antithyroglobulin antibodies as the sole sign of metastatic lymph nodes in a patient operated on for papillary thyroid cancer: A case report

Thyroid

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 431-433

  Tumino, Salvatore ^a   Belfiore, Antonino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0033931303     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2000.10.431     Document Type: Article

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