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explanation because the effect of the ageing population is just three times greater than the effect of the general population growth. Third, the Dutch College of General Practitioners (Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap) published in 2006 guidelines for the
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GPs, due to the lack of evidence of treatment effect in large-scale randomized clinical trials. Guidelines suggest that L-T4 is standard therapy. If symptoms persist after normalization of TSH, combination therapy with L-T3 may be considered an
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material, irrespective of the staining method used. Adequacy was evaluated according to guidelines published by the Papanicolaou Society [ 13 ] and Goellner et al. [ 14 ]. Aspirates that fell short of the adequacy criteria were designated “nondiagnostic
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cost-effective assessment of thyroid nodules to reduce superfluous surgery; however, preoperative assessment of thyroid nodules is still a diagnostic challenge. Recent guidelines recommend that a thyroid ultrasound (US) should be performed in all
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