Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland. A case report

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 805-807

  Aerts, S ^a   Gypen, B J ^a   Van Hee, R ^a   Bomans, P ^a  

^a Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Thyroid gland; Thyroiditis; Tuberculosis; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249120798     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2009.11680544     Document Type: Article

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