Increased annual frequency of Hashimoto's thyroiditis between years 1988 and 2007 at a cytological unit of Sicily;Accroissement de la fréquence annuelle de la thyroïdite d'Hashimoto, diagnostiquée par cytoponction en Sicile entre 1988 et 2007

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 525-534

  Rizzo, M ^a   Rossi, R T ^a   Bonaffini, O ^a   Scisca, C ^a   Altavilla, G ^a   Calbo, L ^a   Rosano A ^a   Sindoni, A ^a   Trimarchi, F ^b   Benvenga, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RIEDEL GOITER; SEX RATIO; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SICILY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE;

EID: 78651500205     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ando.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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