Diagnosis of poorly differentiated thyroid cancer with radioiodine scanning after thyrotropin ALFA stimulation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1295-1297

  Juweid, Malik ^a   O'Dorisio, Thomas ^a   Milhem, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING; ADENOCARCINOMA; ALPHA CHAIN; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 52249112104     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0803606     Document Type: Letter

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