Send Orders for Reprints to reprints@benthamscience.netEndocrine,Metabolic Immune Disorders-Drug Targets,XXXX,XX,1-101GUIDELINESItalian Guidelines for the Management of Non-Functioning Benign andLocally Symptomatic Thyroid NodulesEnrico Papini',Anna Crescenzi2,Annamaria D'Amore3,Maurilio Deandrea,Anna De Benedictis5,Andrea Frasoldati,RobertoGarberoglio,Rinaldo Guglielmi,Celestino Pio Lombardi3,Giovanni Mauris,Rosa Elisa Miceli Soraya Puglisil,TeresaRagoll,Domenico Salvatore12,Vincenzo Triggiani13,Dominique Van Doorne14,Zuzana Mitroval5,Rosella Saulle15,SimonaVecchi1s,Michele Basile 16,Alessandro Scoppola,Agostino Paolettal8 Agnese Persichetti,Irene Samperi20,Renato Cozz1,Franco Grimaldi22,Marco Boniardi23,Angelo Camaioni24,Rossella Eliseil,Edoardo Guastamacchia3,Giulio Nati25,TommasoNovo26,Massimo Salvator27,Stefano Spiezia28,Gianfranco Vallone29,Michele Zinis and Roberto Attanasio30.'Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases,Ospedale Regina Apostolorum,Albano Laziale,Rome,Italy:Department of EndocrineOrgans and Neuromuscolar Pathology,Universita Campus Bio-Medico di Roma,Rome,Italy:3Endocrine Surgery Division,Agostino Ge-melli School of Medicine,University Foundation Polyclinic,Rome,Italy,Endocrinology and Center for Thyroid Diseases,Ospedale Mau-riziano "Umberto I",Turin,Italy:5Quality Management-Clinical Direction,Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico,Rome,Italy:Struttura Complessa di Endocrinologia.Arcispedale S.Maria Nuova.IRCCS.Reggio Emilia,Italy:7Freelancer at ThyroidMultidisciplinary Center at Humanitas Cellin,Turin,Italy:Interventional Radiology,IRCCS European Institute ofOncology,Milan,Italy;Private practice,Rome,Italy:Department ofClinical and Biological Sciences,Internal Medicine,AOUSan Luigidi Orbassano,Universityof Turin,Turin,Italy:Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine,University of Pisa,Pisa,Italy:PDepartment of Public Health.University Federico Il,Naples,Italy:13Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine-Section of Intemal Medicine,Geriatrics,Endocrinologyand Rare Diseases,University of Bari,Bari,Italy:Associazione Medici Endocrinologi,relationship with Patients'Associations,RomeItaly:I5 Department of Epidemiology.Lazio Region Health Service.Rome.Italy:1High School of Economy and Management of HealthSystems,Catholic University of Sacred Heart,Rome,Italy:Department of Endocrinology.Ospedale Santo Spirito,Rome,Italy:Depart-ment of Endocrinology.ULSS6 Euganea,Padova,Italy:Department of Firefighters,Public Rescue and Civil Defense,Ministry of Interior.Rome,Italy:Department of Endocrinology,ASL Novara,Novara.Italy:2 President of Associazione Medici Endocrinologi.Milan,Italy;22Past-president of Associaione Medici Endocrinologi,Udine,Italy:2General Oncologic and Mini-invasive Surgery Department,ASSTGrande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda,Milan,Italy:2Otolaryngology Department,San Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital.Rome.Italy:25ASL Roma,Rome,Italy:26 Department of Endocrinology.Santa Maria Nuova Hospital,Turin,It
