American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 267-270 , July 2007

Primary tuberculosis of thyroid gland: a rare case report

  • Anirban Ghosh, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of ENT, Medical College, Calcutta, India
    • ,
  • Somnath Saha, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of ENT, Medical College, Calcutta, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Sundaram Apartments, Barat, Lake Town, Calcutta-700089, India. Tel.: +91 33 25740508.
    • ,
  • Basudeb Bhattacharya, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dr BC Roy PG Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Calcutta, India
    • ,
  • Sarbani Chattopadhay, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical College Calcutta, India

Received 22 August 2006

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PII: S0196-0709(06)00212-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.09.005

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 267-270 , July 2007

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