Consensus report on the diagnosis and management of non palpable thyroid nodules;Consenso de diagnóstico y manejo de los nódulos tiroideos no palpables

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1249-1255

  Claudia Campusano, M ^a   Fernando Bello, M ^b   Renato Gonzalez E ^c   Jose Lam E ^d   Claudio Liberman, G ^e   Fernando Munizaga, C ^f   Jorge Sapunar, Z ^g   Nelson Wohllk, G ^h  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Hospital Las Higueras   (Chile)

^c Hospital Dr Gustavo Fricke   (Chile)

^d HOSPITAL REGIONAL DE TALCA   (Chile)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

^g Hospital Regional de Temuco   (Chile)

^h HOSPITAL DEL SALVADOR   (Chile)

Author keywords

Thyroid neoplasms; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PALPATION; REVIEW; THYROID NODULE;

CHILE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; PALPATION; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 12544250038     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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