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Researchers from Harvard University detail findings in adenoma

Published in Fitness and Wellness Business Week, May 2nd, 2007

Data detailed in "Predictors of an accurate preoperative sestamibi scan for single-gland parathyroid adenomas" have been presented. In this recent study, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To investigate why some patients with single parathyroid adenomas have negative preoperative sestamibi scans. Retrospective review. Tertiary care center. Twenty-one patients with false-negative (FN) scans were compared with 22 patients with true-positive (TP) scans."

"All patients had single parathyroid adenomas. Neck exploration and removal of parathyroid adenomas. Age; sex; preoperative serum calcium and parathyroid hormone levels; gland weight; location; and...

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