Management of nodular thyroid disease: The challenge remains identifying which palpable nodules are malignant

BMJ

Volumn 323, Issue 7308, 2001, Pages 293-294

  Jones, M Keston ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0035845316     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7308.293     Document Type: Editorial

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