Concurrent occurrence of medullary thyroid carcinoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma in the same thyroid should be considered as coincidental

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-263

  Kim, Won Gu ^a   Gong, Gyungyub ^a   Kim, Eui Young ^a   Kim, Tae Yong ^a   Hong, Suck Joon ^a   Kim, Won Bae ^a   Shong, Young Kee ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549213751     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03622.x     Document Type: Article

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