A 64-year-old woman with a thyroid nodule

JAMA

Volumn 292, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2632-2642

  Mandel, Susan J ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Division of Endocrinology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LISINOPRIL; PANTOPRAZOLE; PAROXETINE; PROPAFENONE; THYROID HORMONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 9644270439     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.21.2632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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