Thyroid hemiagenesis: Clinical significance in the patient with thyroid nodule

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 605-607

  Park, I H ^a   Kwon, S Y ^a   Jung, K Y ^a   Woo, Jeong Soo ^a,b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abnormalities, Congenital; Diagnostic Imaging; Thyroid Gland

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGENESIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID MASS; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746907801     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106001101     Document Type: Article

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