Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Treatment in Benign Thyroid Lesions: Role and Efficacy

Thyroid

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-131

  Guglielmi, Rinaldo ^a   Pacella, Claudio Maurizio ^a   Bianchini, Antonio ^a   Bizzarri, Giancarlo ^a   Rinaldi, Roberta ^a   Graziano, Filomena Maria ^b   Petrucci, Lucilla ^a   Toscano, Vincenzo ^b   Palma, Enzo ^a   Poggi, Maurizio ^b   Papini, Enrico ^a  

^a REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETAMETHASONE; IODINE 131; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPHONIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; INJECTION; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; THYROID CYST; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; THYROID NODULE; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TOXIC GOITER; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTS; ETHANOL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NODULE; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 12144290570     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/105072504322880364     Document Type: Article

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