Thyroidectomy or radioiodine? The value of ultrasonography and cytology in the assessment of nodular lesions in graves' hyperthyroidism

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 721-726

  Wang, Chih Yuan ^a   Chang, Tien Jyun ^a   Chang, Tien Chun ^a,b   Hsiao, Yung Lien ^a   Chen, Mei Hsiu ^a   Huang, Shih Horng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NODULAR GOITER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0035433095     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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