Surgical anatomy of the thyroid and parathyroid glands

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-227

  Fancy, Tanya ^a   Gallagher, Daniel ^a   Hornig, Joshua D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Embryology; Parathyroid; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Superior laryngeal nerve; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDODERM; HUMAN; MESENCHYME; MESENCHYME CELL; NEURAL CREST CELL; PARATHYROID GLAND; PHARYNX; PREGNANCY; PRIMORDIUM; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REVIEW; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROID GLAND; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 77953248088     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2010.01.001     Document Type: Review

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