Evaluation and management of a solitary thyroid nodule in a child

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-128

  Bentley, Anthony A ^a   Gillespie, Christina ^a   Malis, David ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COWDEN SYNDROME; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SIPPLE SYNDROME; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0037303995     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-6665(02)00131-7     Document Type: Review

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