Palpation, ultrasound, and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology in the assessment of cervical lymph node status in head and neck cancer patients

Head and Neck

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 545-551

  Atula, Timo S ^a,b   Grénman, Reidar ^a   Varpula, Matti J ^a   Kurki, Timo J I ^a   Klemi, Pekka Juhani ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029838311     PISSN: 01486403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199611/12)18:6<545::aid-hed9>3.0.co;2-2     Document Type: Article

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