Management of the thyroid nodule;Prise en charge du nodule thyroidien

Revue Medicale de Bruxelles

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 290-295

  Corvilain, B ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Nodule; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DECISION TREE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0346740246     PISSN: 00353639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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