Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 784-791 , May 2008

US-Guided Percutaneous Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Solid Benign Hyperfunctioning or Compressive Thyroid Nodules

  • Maurilio Deandrea

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology Section, A.S.O. Ordine Mauriziano di Torino, “Umberto I” Hospital, Turin, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Maurilio Deandrea, S.C. Endocrinologia, A.S.O. Ordine Mauriziano di Torino, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Torino, Italy.
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  • Paolo Limone

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology Section, A.S.O. Ordine Mauriziano di Torino, “Umberto I” Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Edoardo Basso

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology Section, A.S.O. Ordine Mauriziano di Torino, “Umberto I” Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Alberto Mormile

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology Section, A.S.O. Ordine Mauriziano di Torino, “Umberto I” Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Federico Ragazzoni

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology Section, A.S.O. Ordine Mauriziano di Torino, “Umberto I” Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Elena Gamarra

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology Section, A.S.O. Ordine Mauriziano di Torino, “Umberto I” Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Stefano Spiezia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Ultrasound Guided & Neck Pathologies Surgery Unit, “S. Maria del Popolo e degli Incurabili” Hospital, A.S.L. NA1, Naples, Italy
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  • Antongiulio Faggiano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology and Oncology, “Federico II” University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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  • Annamaria Colao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology and Oncology, “Federico II” University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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  • Filippo Molinari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electronics, Polytechnic of Turin, Turin, Italy
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  • Roberto Garberoglio

      Affiliations

    • Fondazione Scientifica Mauriziana–O.N.L.U.S., Turin, Italy

Received 17 June 2007 ,Revised 18 October 2007 ,Accepted 30 October 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.10.018

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 784-791 , May 2008

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