American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 83-87 , March 2008

Thyroglossal duct cyst: a comparison between children and adults

Presented at the 8th Taiwan-Japan conference in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Taipei, Taiwan, December 16 to 18, 2005.

  • Shih-Tsang Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Fen-Yu Tseng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chuan-Jan Hsu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Te-Huei Yeh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yuh-Shyang Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 23123456x5216; fax: +886 2 2341 0905.

Received 14 December 2006

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PII: S0196-0709(07)00025-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.02.003

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 83-87 , March 2008

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