title: Preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas: cost-effective or just costly?
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine & Cardiology, St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. fkhafagi@bigpond.com
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Khafagi
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000032:analysis*; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D011793:Queensland; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone