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Differentiated thyroid carcinoma in pediatric patients: comparison of presentation and course between pre-pubertal children and adolescents.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 May 2009
Lazar Liora, Lebenthal Yael, Steinmetz Adam, Yackobovitch-Gavan Michal, Phillip Moshe
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical characteristics, course, and outcome of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) in pre-pubertal children compared with adolescents. STUDY DESIGN: The records of 10 pre-pubertal and 17 pubertal patients in whom DTC was diagnosed and who were observed in our tertiary pediatric endocrine clinic were reviewed. Extension of tumor at presentation, treatment modality, course, and...
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