Treatment of benign cold thyroid nodules: A randomized clinical trial of percutaneous laser ablation versus levothyroxine therapy or follow-up

Thyroid

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-235

  Papini, Enrico ^a   Guglielmi, Rinaldo ^a   Bizzarri, Giancarlo ^a   Graziano, Filomena ^a   Bianchini, Antonio ^a   Brufani, Claudia ^a   Pacella, Sara ^a   Valle, Dario ^a   Pacella, Claudio M ^a  

^a REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCITONIN; KETOPROFEN; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NERVOUSNESS; PAIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147188554     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2006.0204     Document Type: Article

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