The prevalence and features of thyroid pyramidal lobes as assessed by computed tomography

Thyroid

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-177

  Park, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Dong Wook ^a   Park, Ji Sung ^a   Kang, Taewoo ^b   Kim, Young Wook ^c  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK TUMOR; PHARYNX CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID GLAND; THYROID PYRAMIDAL LOBE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863012348     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2011.0397     Document Type: Article

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