Thyroid incidentaloma: An evidence-based assessment of management strategy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1264-1268

  Gough, Jenny ^a   Scott Coombes, David ^b   Fausto Palazzo, F ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; PAPILLARY THYROID MICROCARCINOMA; THYROID INCIDENTALOMA; THYROID NODULE;

HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 45849118264     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9503-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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