Painful Hashimoto's thyroiditis as an indication for thyroidectomy: Clinical characteristics and outcome in seven patients

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2667-2672

  Kon, Yin C ^a   DeGroot, Leslie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; LEVOTHYROXINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; STEROID; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038644450     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021498     Document Type: Article

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