Ultrasound-detected thyroid nodules in radiation-exposed patients: Changes over time

Thyroid

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-133

  Mihailescu, Dan V ^a   Collins, Barbara J ^a   Wilbur, Andrew ^a   Malkin, Jane ^a   Schneider, Arthur B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 14844320769     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2005.15.127     Document Type: Article

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