American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 324-326 , September 2009

The role of neck ultrasonography in thyroid cancer

  • Jia-Hau Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Feng-Yu Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ka-Wo Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuen-Yao Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Rei Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No.100, Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 7 3121101 – 5009; fax: +886 7 3208264.

Received 19 November 2007

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☆ All of the authors have contributed to, read, and approved this manuscript.

☆☆ This manuscript has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration elsewhere.

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.07.003

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 324-326 , September 2009

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