High likelihood of malignancy in young patients presenting with a thyroid nodule in Northern England

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 294-295

  Jamil, Furrukh ^a   McNally, Richard J Q ^b   Richardson, David ^a   Ball, Steve ^a,c   Cheetham, Tim ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84880081241     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12082     Document Type: Letter

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