Diminishing diagnosis of follicular thyroid carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1629-1634

  Otto, Kristen J ^a   Lam, Jacqueline S C ^b   MacMillan, Christina ^c   Freeman, Jeremy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649674087     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21373     Document Type: Article

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