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Linea guida per la gestione del nodulo benigno della tiroide causa di sintomi locali

Associazione medici endocrinologi (AME), Istituto superiore di Sanità 2022 e Associazione Italiana della Tiroide (AIT); Associazione Italiana di Medicina Nucleare (AIMN); Associazione Nazionale Infermieri in Endocrinologia e Diabetologia (ANIED); Comitato Associazioni Pazienti Endocrini (CAPE); Federazione delle Associazioni dei Dirigenti Medici Ospedalieri Internisti (FADOI); Società Italiana di Anatomia Patologica e Citologia Diagnostica - Divisione Italiana della International Academy of Pathology (SIAPEC-IAP); Società Italiana di Endocrinologia (SIE); Società Italiana di Radiologia Medica ed Interventistica (SIRM); Società Italiana Unitaria di Endocrino-Chirurgia (SIUEC), Società Italiana Ultrasonografia in Medicina e Biologia (SIUMB)

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  1. Divisione di Endocrinologia, Ospedale Regina Apostolorum, Albano Laziale (RM), Italia

    Enrico Papini

  2. U.O.C. Anatomia Patologica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Biomedico, Roma, Italia

    Anna Crescenzi

  3. U.O. Chirurgia Endocrina e Metabolica, Ospedale Gemelli, Roma, Italia

    Annamaria D’Amore

  4. Fondazione Universitaria Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italia

    Anna De Benedictis

  5. Endocrinologia e Centro per le Malattie della Tiroide, Ospedale Mauriziano “Umberto I”, Torino, Italia

    Maurilio Deandrea

  6. S.C. Endocrinologia, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova IRCCS, ASL Reggio Emilia, Italia

    Andrea Frasoldati

  7. Medico Nucleare e Radiologo, Torino, Italia

    Roberto Garberoglio

  8. S.C. di Endocrinologia, Ospedale Regina Apostolorum, Albano Laziale (RM), Italia

    Rinaldo Guglielmi

  9. U.O. di Chirurgia Endocrina e Metabolica, Ospedale Gemelli, Roma, Italia

    Celestino Pio Lombardi

  10. Radiologia Interventistica, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano, Italia

    Giovanni Mauri

  11. Psicologa clinica-Psicoterapeuta, libero professionista, Roma, Italia

    Rosa Elisa Miceli

  12. Rappresentante Associazione dei Pazienti ATTA Lazio, Roma, Italia

    Paola Polano

  13. Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche, Medicina Interna 1 a Indirizzo Endocrinologico, A.O.U. San Luigi di Orbassano, Università di Torino, Torino, Italia

    Soraya Puglisi

  14. Unità di Endocrinologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italia

    Teresa Rago

  15. S.C. di Endocrinologia e Malattie Metaboliche, Dipartimento Interdisciplinare di Medicina, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italia

    Vincenzo Triggiani

  16. Responsabile AME per i rapporti con le Associazioni dei Pazienti, Roma, Italia

    Dominique Van Doorne

  17. Dipartimento di Salute Pubblica, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italia

    Domenico Salvatore

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Papini, E., Crescenzi, A., D’Amore, A. et al. Linea guida per la gestione del nodulo benigno della tiroide causa di sintomi locali. L'Endocrinologo 24, 285–295 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40619-023-01265-y

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