Epidemiology, pathophysiology, guideline-adjusted diagnostics, and treatment of thyroid nodules;Epidemiologie, pathophysiologie, leitliniengerechte diagnostik und therapie des schilddrüsenknotens

Medizinische Klinik

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 80-87

  Paschke, Ralf ^a   Schmid, Kurt Werner ^b   Gärtner, Roland ^c   Mann, Klaus ^b   Dralle, Henning ^d   Reiners, Christian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold thyroid nodule; Conservative treatment; Hot nodule; Radioiodine therapy; Scintigraphy; Surgery; Thyroid fine needle biopsy; Thyroid nodules; TSH

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROTROPIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID SURGERY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOITER, NODULAR; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951761678     PISSN: 07235003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00063-010-1011-9     Document Type: Article

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