The impact of methodology on the reported prevalence of thyroid pathology: Comparison of two autopsy series from Switzerland performed with different methods;Der einfluss der untersuchungsmethode auf die festgestellte prävalenz pathologischer schilddrüsenbefunde in zwei konsekutiven autopsieserien aus der Schweiz

Praxis

Volumn 93, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1037-1043

  Fleischmann, A ^a   Hardmeier, Th ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Institut für Pathologie des Kantons Thurgau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Carcinoma; Metastases; Thyroid; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWITZERLAND; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 2942724250     PISSN: 16618157     EISSN: 16618165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0369-8394.93.24.1037     Document Type: Article

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