High-intensity focused ultrasound to treat primary hyperparathyroidism: A feasibility study in four patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 830-835

  Kovatcheva, Roussanka D ^a   Vlahov, Jordan D ^a   Shinkov, Alexander D ^a   Borissova, Anna Maria ^a   Hwang, Joo Ha ^b   Arnaud, Françoise ^c   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Theraclion   (France)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calcium; High intensity focused ultrasound; Parathyroid hormone; Parathyroid tumor; Primary hyperparathyroidism

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EDEMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 77958599005     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3932     Document Type: Article

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