Thyroid nodules: Diagnosis and therapy

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-52

  Weiss, Roy E ^a   Lado Abeal, Joaquin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; IODINE 123; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ALGORITHM; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IONIZING RADIATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID SURGERY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0036145113     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-200201000-00009     Document Type: Review

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