Clinical practice. The thyroid nodule.

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Published in N Engl J Med on October 21, 2004

Authors

Laszlo Hegedüs1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. laszlo.hegedus@ouh.fyns-amt.dk

Associated clinical trials:

Shear Wave Ultrasound Elastography in Noninvasive Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules | NCT01757834

Thermal Ablation of Cervical Metastases From Thyroid Carcinoma | NCT04522570

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