High incidence of thyroid cancer in focal thyroid incidentaloma detected by 18F-fluorodexyglucose positron emission tomography in relatively young healthy subjects: results of 3-year follow-up-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

High incidence of thyroid cancer in focal thyroid incidentaloma detected by 18F-fluorodexyglucose positron emission tomography in relatively young healthy subjects: results of 3-year follow-up

Published:2010 Issue:5 Volume:57 Page:395-401
ISSN:0918-8959
Container-title:Endocrine Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Endocr J

Author:

Ohba Kenji¹²,Nishizawa Sadahiko²,Matsushita Akio¹,Inubushi Masayuki²,Nagayama Koji¹,Iwaki Hiroyuki¹,Matsunaga Hideyuki¹,Suzuki Shingo¹,Sasaki Shigekazu¹,Oki Yutaka¹,Okada Hiroyuki²,Nakamura Hirotoshi¹

Affiliation:

1. Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

2. Hamamatsu Medical Imaging Center, Hamamatsu Medical Photonics Foundation, Hamamatsu, Japan

Publisher

Japan Endocrine Society

Subject

Endocrinology,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Link

http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/endocrj/57/5/57_K10E-008/_pdf

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