Incidental thyroid nodule

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7696, 2009, Pages

  Patel, Chirag N ^a   Gerrard, Georgina ^a   Scarsbrook, Andrew F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84859008523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b611     Document Type: Article

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