Amyloid goiter: A case of primary thyroid amyloid disease

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 961-964

  Sethi, Yatin ^a,b   Gulati, Achal ^a   Singh, Ishwar ^a   Rao, Seema ^a   Singh, Neha ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; goiter; thyroid

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AMYLOID GOITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROIDECTOMY; URINALYSIS;

AMYLOIDOSIS; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 79955529782     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21459     Document Type: Article

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