Endocrinol Metab.  2021 Feb;36(1):30-35. 10.3803/EnM.2021.103.

Best Achievements in Clinical Thyroidology in 2020

• Lee EK
• Park YJ

• KMID: 2513285
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2021.103

Abstract

This review highlights the most interesting research in thyroidology conducted in 2020. The publications of interest discussed below dealt with the following topics: thyroid dysfunction, risk of thyroid cancer, molecular diagnostics and new therapeutics for thyroid cancer, and thyroid disease in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic era.

Keyword

Thyroid diseases; Thyroid neoplasms; Thyroid hormone; Therapeutics; COVID-19; Molecular diagnostic techniques

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