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The authors (Roberto Garberoglio, Camillo Aliberti, Marialuisa Appetecchia, Marco Attard, Giuseppe Boccuzzi, Flavio Boraso, Giorgio Borretta, Giuseppe Caruso, Maurilio Deandrea, Milena Freddi, Gabriella Gallone, Giovanni Gandini, Guido Gasparri, Carlo Gazzera, Ezio Ghigo, Maurizio Grosso, Paolo Limone, Mauro Maccario, Luigi Mansi, Alberto Mormile, Pier Giorgio Nasi, Fabio Orlandi, Donatella Pacchioni, Claudio Maurizio Pacella, Nicola Palestini, Enrico Papini, Maria Rosa Pelizzo, Andrea Piotto, Teresa Rago, Fabrizio Riganti, Lodovico Rosato, Ruth Rossetto, Antonio Scarmozzino, Stefano Spiezia, Ornella Testori, Roberto Valcavi, Andrea Veltri, Paolo Vitti, Matteo Zingrillo) have no conflict of interest to disclose.

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  1. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Department of Medical Sciences, Molinette Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Roberto Garberoglio, Ezio Ghigo, Mauro Maccario, Fabrizio Riganti & Ruth Rossetto

  2. Division of Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Oncologico Veneto, Padua, Italy

    Camillo Aliberti

  3. Endocrinology Unit, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

    Marialuisa Appetecchia

  4. Division of Endocrinology, Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy

    Marco Attard

  5. Oncological Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Molinette Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Giuseppe Boccuzzi

  6. ASL TO4, Turin, Italy

    Flavio Boraso

  7. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Santa Croce e Carle Hospital, Cuneo, Italy

    Giorgio Borretta

  8. Section of Radiological Sciences, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Giuseppe Caruso

  9. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy

    Maurilio Deandrea, Paolo Limone & Alberto Mormile

  10. Endocrine Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery, Molinette Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Milena Freddi, Guido Gasparri & Nicola Palestini

  11. Endocrinology Unit, Sedes Sapientiae Hospital, Turin, Italy

    Gabriella Gallone

  12. Department of Radiology, Molinette Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Giovanni Gandini & Carlo Gazzera

  13. Department of Radiology, Santa Croce e Carle Hospital, Cuneo, Italy

    Maurizio Grosso

  14. Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department Magrassi-Lanzara, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

    Luigi Mansi

  15. Surgical Unit, Sedes Sapientiae Hospital, Turin, Italy

    Pier Giorgio Nasi

  16. Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Gradenigo Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Fabio Orlandi

  17. Pathology Unit, Molinette Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Donatella Pacchioni

  18. Division of Interventional Radiology, Regina Apostolorum Hospital, Albano Laziale, Rome

    Claudio Maurizio Pacella

  19. Division of Endocrinology, Regina Apostolorum Hospital, Albano Laziale, Rome

    Enrico Papini

  20. Division of Surgical Pathology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Padua, Italy

    Maria Rosa Pelizzo & Andrea Piotto

  21. Department of Endocrinology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Teresa Rago & Paolo Vitti

  22. Endocrine Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery, Ivrea Hospital ASL TO4, School of Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Lodovico Rosato

  23. Department of Health Management, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Antonio Scarmozzino

  24. Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, San Gennaro Hospital, Naples, Italy

    Stefano Spiezia

  25. Nuclear Medicine Unit, Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy

    Ornella Testori

  26. Endocrinology Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Roberto Valcavi

  27. Department of Radiology, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Andrea Veltri

  28. Endocrinology, Foggia, Italy

    Matteo Zingrillo

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Garberoglio, R., Aliberti, C., Appetecchia, M. et al. Radiofrequency ablation for thyroid nodules: which indications? The first Italian opinion statement. J Ultrasound 18, 423–430 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40477-015-0169-y

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