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Preoperative Thyrotropin Serum Concentrations Gradually Increase from Benign Thyroid Nodules to Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinomas Then to Papillary Thyroid Cancers of Larger Size

We evaluated the preoperative serum thyrotropin (TSH) levels in 386 patients operated on for nodular thyroid disease (NTD). TSH levels for cases with final benign disease and differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) were compared. No evidence of cancer was detected in 310 patients (80.3%), whereas mal...

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Autores principales: Zafon, Carles, Obiols, Gabriel, Baena, Juan Antonio, Castellví, Josep, Dalama, Belen, Mesa, Jordi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3154785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21860806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/530721