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Review
. 2021 Feb;36(1):30-35.
doi: 10.3803/EnM.2021.103. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Best Achievements in Clinical Thyroidology in 2020

Eun Kyung Lee  1   2 , Young Joo Park  3   4
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Review

Best Achievements in Clinical Thyroidology in 2020

Eun Kyung Lee et al. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul). 2021 Feb.

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.

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

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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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