Thyroid auto-antibodies, lymphocytic infiltration and the development of post-operative hypothyroidism following hemithyroidectomy for non-toxic nodular goitre

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 86-90

  Buchanan, M A ^a   Lee, D ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemithyroidectomy; Hypothyroidism; Lymphocytic infiltration; Nodular goitre; Thyroid auto antibodies

Indexed keywords

THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NODULAR GOITER; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0035046631     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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