Thyroid nodules and cancer in children and adolescents affected by autoimmune thyroiditis

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 526-531

  Corrias, Andrea ^a   Cassio, Alessandra ^b   Weber, Giovanna ^c   Mussa, Alessandro ^a   Wasniewska, Malgorzata ^d   Rapa, Anna ^f   Gastaldi, Roberto ^e   Einaudi, Silvia ^a   Baronio, Federico ^b   Vigone, Maria Cristina ^c   Messina, Maria Francesca ^d   Bal, Milva ^b   Bona, Gianni ^f   De Sanctis, Carlo ^a  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 44649201647     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.6.526     Document Type: Article

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