Predictors of outcomes following pediatric thyroid and parathyroid surgery

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Wang, Tracy S ^a   Roman, Sanziana A ^b   Sosa, Julie Ann ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Parathyroidectomy; Pediatrics; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PEDIATRICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

CHILD; HUMANS; PARATHYROID DISEASES; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYROID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149251978     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e32831897b6     Document Type: Review

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