Do benign thyroid nodules have malignant potential? An evidence-based review

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1237-1246

  Arora, Nimmi ^a   Scognamiglio, Theresa ^b   Zhu, Baixin ^a   Fahey III, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONCOCYTOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID CYST; THYROID NODULE;

ADENOMA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 45849143586     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9484-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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