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Large Multinodular Toxic Goiter: Is Surgery Always Necessary?

Patients suffering from multinodular toxic goiter (MNTG) are candidates to thyroidectomy or radioiodine 131I (131I) therapy. Thyroidectomy may be preferable especially when the volume of hyperfunctioning tissue is so large that a single administration of 131I is unlikely to cure the patient in terms...

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Autores principales: Negro, Roberto, Greco, Gabriele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4821966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27099796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1320827