Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland: Review of the literature

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-155

  Bulbuloglu, Ertan ^a   Ciralik, Harun ^a   Okur, Erdogan ^a   Ozdemir, Gokhan ^a   Ezberci, Fikret ^a   Cetinkaya, Ali ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIBRARY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, ENDOCRINE; TURKEY;

EID: 31544456377     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0139-1     Document Type: Review

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