Thyroid ultrasonography as a screening tool for thyroid disease

Thyroid

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 879-880

  Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID WEIGHT;

EID: 10044225873     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2004.14.879     Document Type: Editorial

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