Published in Thyroid on November 01, 2004
Euthyroid goiter with and without nodules--diagnosis and treatment. Dtsch Arztebl Int (2012) 2.79
Fine Needle Aspiration in the Investigation of Thyroid Nodules. Dtsch Arztebl Int (2016) 2.13
State of the art: surgery for endemic goiter--a plea for individualizing the extent of resection instead of heading for routine total thyroidectomy. Langenbecks Arch Surg (2011) 2.02
The accuracy of thyroid nodule ultrasound to predict thyroid cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2013) 1.50
Thyroid ultrasound findings in children from three Japanese prefectures: Aomori, Yamanashi and Nagasaki. PLoS One (2013) 1.31
Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging for differentiation of thyroid nodules. PLoS One (2012) 1.23
Real-time ultrasound elastography--a noninvasive diagnostic procedure for evaluating dominant thyroid nodules. Langenbecks Arch Surg (2010) 1.13
Serum thyrotropin concentration as a biochemical predictor of thyroid malignancy in patients presenting with thyroid nodules. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (2008) 1.06
Incidental thyroid abnormalities identified on neck US for non-thyroid disorders. Pediatr Radiol (2010) 1.01
Thyroid incidentaloma: an evidence-based assessment of management strategy. World J Surg (2008) 0.98
A solitary hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule harboring thyroid carcinoma: review of the literature. Thyroid Res (2013) 0.98
Diagnostic performance of shear wave elastography in the identification of malignant thyroid nodules: a meta-analysis. Eur Radiol (2014) 0.96
Thyroid incidentalomas: to treat or not to treat. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol (2010) 0.94
[When is thyroid fine-needle biopsy most effective?]. Pathologe (2011) 0.92
Strain US Elastography for the Characterization of Thyroid Nodules: Advantages and Limitation. Int J Endocrinol (2015) 0.86
Protocol design and current status of CLIVIT: a randomized controlled multicenter relevance trial comparing clips versus ligatures in thyroid surgery. Trials (2006) 0.85
Preoperative ¹¹C-methionine PET/CT enables focused parathyroidectomy in MIBI-SPECT negative parathyroid adenoma. World J Surg (2015) 0.84
The Influence of Patient Age on Thyroid Nodule Formation, Multinodularity, and Thyroid Cancer Risk. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2015) 0.83
Early assessment of high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of benign thyroid nodules by scintigraphic means. J Ther Ultrasound (2014) 0.82
Thyroid ultrasonography as a screening tool for thyroid disease. Thyroid (2004) 0.81
Thyroid function tests in patients taking thyroid medication in Germany: Results from the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP). BMC Res Notes (2010) 0.81
Vascular clips versus ligatures in thyroid surgery--results of a multicenter randomized controlled trial (CLIVIT Trial). Langenbecks Arch Surg (2012) 0.81
Benign and malignant nodular thyroid disease in acromegaly. Is a routine thyroid ultrasound evaluation advisable? PLoS One (2014) 0.80
Interobserver agreement of Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TIRADS) and strain elastography for the assessment of thyroid nodules. PLoS One (2013) 0.80
[Bethesda classification of fine needle punctures of the thyroid. Much ado about nothing really new?]. Pathologe (2012) 0.79
Volume reduction of benign thyroid nodules 3 months after a single treatment with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). J Ther Ultrasound (2015) 0.78
Rapid thyroid nodule growth is not a marker for well-differentiated thyroid cancer. World J Surg Oncol (2015) 0.77
Differential profile of ultrasound findings associated with malignancy in mixed and solid thyroid nodules in an elderly female population. J Thyroid Res (2014) 0.77
Goiter and laryngopharyngeal reflux. ISRN Endocrinol (2012) 0.75
Goiter and laryngeal sensory neuropathy. Int J Otolaryngol (2013) 0.75
Restricting ultrasound thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy by nodule size: which tumors are we missing? A population-based study. Endocrine (2015) 0.75
Scintigraphy or fine-needle aspiration biopsy to exclude thyroid malignancy: what should be done first in iodine deficiency? Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2008) 0.75
Multiple thyroid cysts as an extra-renal manifestation of ADPKD. NDT Plus (2008) 0.75
Sonographic Elastography of the Thyroid Gland. Pol J Radiol (2016) 0.75
A Conservative Approach Is Reasonable in Patients with Non-Toxic Goitre: Results from an Observational Study during 30 Years. Eur Thyroid J (2014) 0.75
Frequency of Thyroid Nodules among Patients with Colonic Polyps. Gastroenterol Res Pract (2012) 0.75
Data quality and practical challenges of thyroid volume assessment by ultrasound under field conditions - observer errors may affect prevalence estimates of goitre. Nutr J (2010) 0.75
Thyroid nodule sizes influence the diagnostic performance of TIRADS and ultrasound patterns of 2015 ATA guidelines: a multicenter retrospective study. Sci Rep (2017) 0.75
Description of patients consulting the voice clinic regarding gender, age, occupational status, and diagnosis. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol (2016) 0.75
How uncomplicated total thyroidectomy could aggravate the laryngopharyngeal reflux disease? Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol (2015) 0.75
Adaptive Servo-Ventilation for Central Sleep Apnea in Systolic Heart Failure. N Engl J Med (2015) 8.61
Defibrillator implantation early after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med (2009) 5.25
Magnetic resonance perfusion measurements for the noninvasive detection of coronary artery disease. Circulation (2003) 3.04
Which chronic diseases and disease combinations are specific to multimorbidity in the elderly? Results of a claims data based cross-sectional study in Germany. BMC Public Health (2011) 2.83
Multimorbidity patterns in the elderly: a new approach of disease clustering identifies complex interrelations between chronic conditions. PLoS One (2010) 2.80
Absolute cardiovascular disease risk and shared decision making in primary care: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Fam Med (2008) 2.59
The neurological syndrome in adults during the 2011 northern German E. coli serotype O104:H4 outbreak. Brain (2012) 2.49
Rapid identification of bacteria from positive blood culture bottles by use of matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time of flight mass spectrometry fingerprinting. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 2.47
Pragmatic randomized trial evaluating the clinical and economic effectiveness of acupuncture for chronic low back pain. Am J Epidemiol (2006) 2.31
Acupuncture in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip: a randomized, controlled trial with an additional nonrandomized arm. Arthritis Rheum (2006) 2.20
Chronic atrial fibrillation is a biatrial arrhythmia: data from catheter ablation of chronic atrial fibrillation aiming arrhythmia termination using a sequential ablation approach. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol (2008) 2.13
The influence of age, gender and socio-economic status on multimorbidity patterns in primary care. First results from the multicare cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 2.11
Reducing antibiotic prescriptions for acute cough by motivating GPs to change their attitudes to communication and empowering patients: a cluster-randomized intervention study. J Antimicrob Chemother (2007) 1.91
Noise burden and the risk of myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J (2005) 1.80
Determination of interobserver variability for identifying inducible left ventricular wall motion abnormalities during dobutamine stress magnetic resonance imaging. Eur Heart J (2006) 1.79
Symptomatic treatment (ibuprofen) or antibiotics (ciprofloxacin) for uncomplicated urinary tract infection?--results of a randomized controlled pilot trial. BMC Med (2010) 1.77
Acupuncture in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med (2013) 1.76
Implementing an advance care planning program in German nursing homes: results of an inter-regionally controlled intervention trial. Dtsch Arztebl Int (2014) 1.72
Long-term single- and multiple-procedure outcome and predictors of success after catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm (2011) 1.71
Evaluation of procalcitonin for predicting septic multiorgan failure and overall prognosis in secondary peritonitis: a prospective, international multicenter study. Arch Surg (2007) 1.69
Annual distribution of ventricular tachycardias and ventricular fibrillation. Am Heart J (2003) 1.56
Elevated risk profile of women in secondary prevention of coronary artery disease: a 6-year survey of 117,913 patients. J Womens Health (Larchmt) (2009) 1.53
Mean and maximum standardized uptake values in [18F]FDG-PET for assessment of histopathological response in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma after radiochemotherapy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2008) 1.50
Rationale and design of the SERVE-HF study: treatment of sleep-disordered breathing with predominant central sleep apnoea with adaptive servo-ventilation in patients with chronic heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail (2013) 1.47
Clinical practice of defibrillator implantation after myocardial infarction: impact of implant time: results from the PreSCD II registry. Europace (2010) 1.45
German multicenter real-world registry of stenting for superficial femoral artery disease: clinical results and predictive factors for revascularization. J Endovasc Ther (2014) 1.43
The German MultiCare-study: Patterns of multimorbidity in primary health care - protocol of a prospective cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 1.43
Patterns of ambulatory medical care utilization in elderly patients with special reference to chronic diseases and multimorbidity--results from a claims data based observational study in Germany. BMC Geriatr (2011) 1.41
Acupuncture for patients with chronic neck pain. Pain (2006) 1.41
Intracoronary beta-brachytherapy in chronic total occlusions: a subgroup analysis from the RENO registry. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2003) 1.41
Avoiding invasive mechanical ventilation by extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal in patients failing noninvasive ventilation. Intensive Care Med (2012) 1.41
Role of the angiotensin II type 2 receptor gene (+1675G/A) polymorphism on left ventricular hypertrophy and geometry in treated hypertensive patients. J Hypertens (2010) 1.39
Clinical outcome following combination of cutting balloon angioplasty and coronary beta-radiation for in-stent restenosis: a report from the RENO registry. J Invasive Cardiol (2003) 1.39
QT dispersion in comparison to Tl-201-SPECT for detection of myocardial ischaemia. Int J Cardiol (2006) 1.39
Effects of two guideline implementation strategies on patient outcomes in primary care: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2008) 1.32
Out-of-hospital delays in patients with acute stroke. Ann Emerg Med (2004) 1.32
Outcome and costs of homoeopathic and conventional treatment strategies: a comparative cohort study in patients with chronic disorders. Complement Ther Med (2005) 1.31
Shock efficacy of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for prevention of sudden cardiac death: initial multicenter experience. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol (2012) 1.26
A comparative study demonstrated that prevalence figures on multimorbidity require cautious interpretation when drawn from a single database. J Clin Epidemiol (2013) 1.23
Rhythmic gene expression in pituitary depends on heterologous sensitization by the neurohormone melatonin. Nat Neurosci (2002) 1.22
Fluorescent cardiac imaging: a novel intraoperative method for quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion during graded coronary artery stenosis. Circulation (2007) 1.16
Direct comparison of spatially normalized PET and SPECT scans in Alzheimer's disease. J Nucl Med (2002) 1.15
The prognostic impact of functional imaging with (123)I-mIBG in patients with stage 4 neuroblastoma >1 year of age on a high-risk treatment protocol: results of the German Neuroblastoma Trial NB97. Eur J Cancer (2008) 1.15
Utilization patterns of ambulatory medical care before and after the diagnosis of dementia in Germany--results of a case-control study. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord (2010) 1.14
Immediate versus conditional treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection - a randomized-controlled comparative effectiveness study in general practices. BMC Infect Dis (2012) 1.12
Acupuncture in patients with allergic rhinitis: a pragmatic randomized trial. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol (2008) 1.11
Imaging of central nervous system lymphomas with iodine-123 labeled rituximab. Eur J Haematol (2005) 1.09
Early assessment of pancreatic infections and overall prognosis in severe acute pancreatitis by procalcitonin (PCT): a prospective international multicenter study. Ann Surg (2007) 1.09
Persistence of pulmonary vein isolation after robotic remote-navigated ablation for atrial fibrillation and its relation to clinical outcome. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol (2010) 1.08
Selection effects may account for better outcomes of the German Disease Management Program for type 2 diabetes. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 1.07
Advance directives in nursing homes: prevalence, validity, significance, and nursing staff adherence. Dtsch Arztebl Int (2012) 1.05
The aging motor system as a model for plastic changes of GABA-mediated intracortical inhibition and their behavioral relevance. J Neurosci (2013) 1.04
A complex regional intervention to implement advance care planning in one town's nursing homes: Protocol of a controlled inter-regional study. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 1.03
Patient characteristics and variation in treatment outcomes: which patients benefit most from acupuncture for chronic pain? Clin J Pain (2011) 1.03
Long-term follow-up of antithyroid peroxidase antibodies in patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) treated with levothyroxine. Thyroid (2008) 1.02
[18F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography for the assessment of histopathologic response and prognosis after completion of neoadjuvant chemoradiation in esophageal cancer. Ann Surg (2009) 1.02
Improvement of hypertension management by structured physician education and feedback system: cluster randomized trial. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil (2010) 1.02
Procalcitonin-guided algorithm to reduce length of antibiotic therapy in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. BMC Infect Dis (2013) 1.01
Early and comprehensive management of atrial fibrillation: executive summary of the proceedings from the 2nd AFNET-EHRA consensus conference 'research perspectives in AF'. Eur Heart J (2009) 1.00
Rationale and content of psychenet: the Hamburg Network for Mental Health. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci (2012) 0.99
Use of procalcitonin-guided decision-making to shorten antibiotic therapy in suspected neonatal early-onset sepsis: prospective randomized intervention trial. Neonatology (2009) 0.98
Determinants of knowledge gain in evidence-based medicine short courses: an international assessment. Open Med (2010) 0.98
Age- and sex-related changes of humeral head microarchitecture: histomorphometric analysis of 60 human specimens. J Orthop Res (2010) 0.98
Is patient self-report an adequate tool for monitoring cardiovascular conditions in patients with hypercholesterolemia? J Public Health (Oxf) (2010) 0.97
Incidental multifocal papillary microcarcinomas of the thyroid: is subtotal thyroidectomy combined with radioiodine ablation enough? Nucl Med Commun (2005) 0.96
Angiotensin II-antagonist in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (ANTIPAF) trial. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol (2011) 0.96
Rationale and Design of FIRE AND ICE: A multicenter randomized trial comparing efficacy and safety of pulmonary vein isolation using a cryoballoon versus radiofrequency ablation with 3D-reconstruction. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol (2014) 0.96
Treatment of refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma patients with an iodine-131-labeled murine anti-CD30 monoclonal antibody. J Clin Oncol (2005) 0.96
Endoscopic versus histological characterisation of polyps during screening colonoscopy. Gut (2013) 0.95
Increased use of hip protectors in nursing homes: economic analysis of a cluster randomized, controlled trial. J Am Geriatr Soc (2005) 0.94
Agreement between self-reported and general practitioner-reported chronic conditions among multimorbid patients in primary care - results of the MultiCare Cohort Study. BMC Fam Pract (2014) 0.93
Radioiodine therapy of benign thyroid disorders: what are the effective thyroidal half-life and uptake of 131I? Nucl Med Commun (2010) 0.93
Intranasal volume and olfactory function. Chem Senses (2002) 0.93
Population-based intervention to reduce prehospital delays in patients with cerebrovascular events. Arch Intern Med (2009) 0.92
F-18-FDG uptake is a reliable predictory of functional recovery of akinetic but viable infarct regions as defined by magnetic resonance imaging before and after revascularization. Magn Reson Imaging (2004) 0.92
Rosiglitazone, but not glimepiride, improves myocardial diastolic function in association with reduction in oxidative stress in type 2 diabetic patients without overt heart disease. Diab Vasc Dis Res (2008) 0.92
Practices, patients and (im)perfect data--feasibility of a randomised controlled clinical drug trial in German general practices. Trials (2011) 0.92
Favorable outcome using an abbreviated procedure for catheter ablation of AVNRT: results from a prospective randomized trial. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol (2008) 0.92
Willingness to participate in mammography screening: a randomized controlled questionnaire study of responses to two patient information leaflets with different factual content. Dtsch Arztebl Int (2015) 0.92
Public access resuscitation program including defibrillator training for laypersons: a randomized trial to evaluate the impact of training course duration. Resuscitation (2007) 0.91
Improving outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation: rationale and design of the Early treatment of Atrial fibrillation for Stroke prevention Trial. Am Heart J (2013) 0.91
Myeloperoxidase deficiency preserves vasomotor function in humans. Eur Heart J (2011) 0.90
Comparative efficacy and safety of moxifloxacin and clindamycin in the treatment of odontogenic abscesses and inflammatory infiltrates: a phase II, double-blind, randomized trial. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 0.90
Prognostic impact of left bundle-branch block in the early stable phase after acute myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol (2008) 0.89
Abnormalities of the ARF-p53 pathway in primary angiosarcomas of the liver. Hum Pathol (2002) 0.89
Aromatase inhibitors induce spine synapse loss in the hippocampus of ovariectomized mice. Endocrinology (2010) 0.89
Comparison of usability and patient preference for insulin pen needles produced with different production techniques: "thin-wall" needles compared to "regular-wall" needles: an open-label study. Diabetes Technol Ther (2009) 0.88
Magnetically guided capsule versus conventional gastroscopy for upper abdominal complaints: a prospective blinded study. J Clin Gastroenterol (2015) 0.88
Acupuncture in seasonal allergic rhinitis (ACUSAR)--design and protocol of a randomised controlled multi-centre trial. Forsch Komplementmed (2010) 0.88
Dermal absorption and urinary elimination of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. Int Arch Occup Environ Health (2005) 0.88
Homoeopathic versus conventional therapy for atopic eczema in children: medical and economic results. Dermatology (2009) 0.87
Mutation analysis of K-ras-2 in liver angiosarcoma and adjacent nonneoplastic liver tissue from patients occupationally exposed to vinyl chloride. Environ Mol Mutagen (2002) 0.87