Management of thyroid nodules in adult patients

Head and Neck Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Eng, Chee Yean ^a   Quraishi, Muhammad S ^a   Bradley, Patrick J ^b  

^a DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NODULAR GOITER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CYST; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID INCIDENTALOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 77953464603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17583284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-3284-2-11     Document Type: Review

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