Ultrasound requested by general practitioners or for symptoms unrelated to the thyroid gland may explain higher prevalence of thyroid nodules in females.

BACKGROUND: A higher prevalence of thyroid nodules/carcinoma in females is well-known from the literature. The reasons for this difference are not fully explained. We intended to assess gender variation in the referral for ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) of thyroid nodules, to study r...

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Main Author: Germano, A (author)
Other Authors: Schmitt, W (author), Almeida, P (author), Mateus-Marques, R (author), Leite, V (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Thyroid gland
Thyroid nodules
Ultrasonography
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/2070
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.hff.min-saude.pt:10400.10/2070

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/2070

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