Modern approach for the treatment of multinodular non-toxic goiter
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UpToDate®: 'Treatment of toxic adenoma and toxic multinodular goiter'
There are two clinical situations in which establishing the diagnosis of a toxic adenoma or toxic multinodular goiter is more difficult. First, the autonomously functioning tissue may be sufficiently diffuse that it is difficult to differentiate a toxic multinodular goiter from Graves' disease by thyroid scintigraphy alone. When it is important to distinguish these disorders, a high serum conce...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and experimental thyroidology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2310-3787,1995-5472
DOI: 10.14341/ket2010613-11