Assay of free thyroxine and free triiodothyronine in fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules: A useful and low-cost assessment

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-316

  Barbaro, Daniele ^a   Macchia, Enrico ^b   Orsini, Paola ^a   Piazza, Francesca ^a   Lapi, Paola ^a   Pasquini, Cristina ^a  

^a Sezione Endocrinologia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NODULE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 17144420556     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.10.4.311     Document Type: Article

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