Usefulness of neck ultrasonography in the follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer;Emprego da ultra-sonografia cervical no seguimento de pacientes com carcinoma diferenciado de tireóide

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 593-600

  Rosário, Pedro Weslley ^a,d   Tavares Jr , Wilson C ^b   Biscolla, Rosa Paula M ^c   Purisch, Saulo ^a   Maciel, Rui M B ^c  

^a Serviço de Endocrinologia da Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Alpha de Gastroenterology   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa Clínica de Endocrinologia e Metabologia CEPCEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspiration cytology; Lymph nodes; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid carcinoma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547883903     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302007000400014     Document Type: Article

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