Some Approaches to Treatment of Patients with Thyroid Nodular Diseases in the Semipalatinsk Region of Kazakhstan

Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 81-89

  Zhumadilov, Zhaxybay ^a,b   Hoshi, Masaharu ^a   Takeichi, Nobuo ^c   Abisheva, Gulniaz ^b   Taooka, Yasuyuki ^a   Bhattarcharjee, Deborshi ^b   Kamiya, Kenji ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SEMEY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^c Takeichi Hiroshima Thyroid Medical Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fallout Exposure; Late effects; Radiation induced neoplasm; Therapeutic approaches

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FALLOUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAZAKHSTAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OUTPATIENT; PERCUTANEOUS INTRANODULAR ETHANOL INJECTION THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID NODULE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0442309489     PISSN: 00182052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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