Long-term outcome following interstitial laser photocoagulation of benign cold thyroid nodules

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-128

  Døssing, Helle ^a   Bennedbæk, Finn Noe ^b   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN COLD THYROID NODULE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; THYROID GLAND; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN TISSUE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFERRED PAIN; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 79959402036     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-11-0220     Document Type: Article

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