Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines in the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules and cancer

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Tsai Wei ^a   Lai, Jun Hung ^a,b   Wu, Mei Yi ^c   Chen, Shiah Lian ^a   Wu, Chih Hsiung ^c,d   Tam, Ka Wai ^c,d,e,f,g  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Systematic review; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; IODINE 131; THYROTROPIN;

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CYTOLOGY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84883058749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-191     Document Type: Article

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