Clinical value of calcifications in thyroid carcinoma and multinodular goiter

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3 C, 2003, Pages 3089-3092

  Consorti, Fabrizio ^a,b   Anello, Attilio ^a   Benvenuti, Claudio ^a   Boncompagni, Andrea ^a   Giovannone, Gloria ^a   Moles, Nicola ^a   Scardella, Laura ^a   Antonaci, Alfredo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multinodular goiter; Thyroid calcification; Thyroid carcinoma; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasound scan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042122761     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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