Benign and Malignant Nodular Thyroid Disease in Acromegaly. Is a Routine Thyroid Ultrasound Evaluation Advisable?

Jordi L. Reverter; Carmen Fajardo; Eugenia Resmini; Isabel Salinas; Mireia Mora; Mariona Llatjós; Gemma Sesmilo; Ferran Rius; Irene Halperin; Susan M. Webb; Veronica Ricart; Pedro Riesgo; Dídac Mauricio; Manel Puig-Domingo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104174

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Benign and Malignant Nodular Thyroid Disease in Acromegaly. Is a Routine Thyroid Ultrasound Evaluation Advisable?

Jordi L. Reverter ,

* E-mail: reverter.germanstrias@gencat.cat

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute and Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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Carmen Fajardo,

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, Alzira, Spain
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Eugenia Resmini,

Affiliation IIB- Sant Pau and Service of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER Unidad 747), Hospital Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Isabel Salinas,

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute and Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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Mireia Mora,

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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Mariona Llatjós,

Affiliation Service of Pathology, Department of Medicine, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute and Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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Gemma Sesmilo,

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology, Hospital Universitari Quiron-Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
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Ferran Rius,

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain
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Irene Halperin,

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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Susan M. Webb,

Affiliation IIB- Sant Pau and Service of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER Unidad 747), Hospital Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Veronica Ricart,

Affiliation Service of Radiology, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, Alzira, Spain
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Pedro Riesgo,

Affiliation Service of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, Alzira, Spain
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Dídac Mauricio,

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute and Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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Manel Puig-Domingo

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute and Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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Benign and Malignant Nodular Thyroid Disease in Acromegaly. Is a Routine Thyroid Ultrasound Evaluation Advisable?

Jordi L. Reverter,
Carmen Fajardo,
Eugenia Resmini,
Isabel Salinas,
Mireia Mora,
Mariona Llatjós,
Gemma Sesmilo,
Ferran Rius,
Irene Halperin,
Susan M. Webb

Published: August 15, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104174

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