The risk factors for malignancy in surgically treated patients for Graves' disease, toxic multinodular goiter, and toxic adenoma
SURGERY, vol.144, no.6, pp.1028-1036, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 144 Issue: 6
- Publication Date: 2008
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.08.022
- Journal Name: SURGERY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1028-1036
- Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Background. The impact of age, gender, and coexisting cold nodules on the frequency of thyroid carcinoma in hyperthyroid patients in an endemic iodine-deficient region was investigated.