Combination of ultrasound guided percutaneous micro wave ablation and radioiodine therapy for treatment of hyper- and hypofunctioning thyroid nodules

Nuklearmedizin 2014; 53(06): N48-N49
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1622583

Case report

Schattauer GmbH

C. Happel^*

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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H. Korkusuz^*

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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W. T. Kranert

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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F. Grünwald

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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