Fine-needle aspiration cytology and thyroid surgery in the community hospital

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 529-535

  Maxwell, J Gary ^a,c   Scallion, Richard R ^a   White, Warren C ^a   Kotwall, Cyrus A ^a   Pollock, Hoke ^a   Covington, Deborah L ^b   Churchill, Millicent P ^b  

^a NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b New Hanover Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^c Coastal AHEC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030297133     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00230-9     Document Type: Article

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