Diagnostic features of thyroid nodules in pediatrics

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 714-719

  Corrias, Andrea ^a   Mussa, Alessandro ^a   Baronio, Federico ^b   Arrigo, Teresa ^c   Salerno, Mariacarolina ^d   Segni, Maria ^e   Vigone, Maria Cristina ^f   Gastaldi, Roberto ^g   Zirilli, Giuseppa ^c   Tuli, Gerdi ^a   Beccaria, Luciano ^h   Iughetti, Lorenzo ⁱ   Einaudi, Silvia ^a   Weber, Giovanna ^f   De Luca, Filippo ^c   Cassio, Alessandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^h A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LOBECTOMY; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROIDECTOMY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 77955396573     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.114     Document Type: Article

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