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Thyroid nodule update on diagnosis and management
Thyroid nodules are common. The clinical importance of thyroid nodules is related to excluding malignancy (4.0 to 6.5% of all thyroid nodules), evaluate their functional status and assess for the presence of pressure symptoms. Incidental thyroid nodules are being diagnosed with increasing frequency in the recent years with the use of newer and highly sensitive imaging techniques. The high preva...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2092-5859
DOI: 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2018.00493