Differentiated thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents
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Differentiated thyroid carcinoma presentation may be more aggressive in children and adolescents than in young adults
BACKGROUND The available studies concerning the influence of age on the phenotypical expression of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) have hitherto compared DTC presentation either between pre-pubertal and pubertal children or between pediatric patients and aged adults; aim of this study was to ascertain for the first time whether presentation of DTC may significantly vary according to age,...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgery
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0364-2313,1432-2323
DOI: 10.1007/bf02067317