To operate or not to operate? The value of fine needle aspiration cytology in the assessment of thyroid swellings

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 941-943

  Leonard, N ^a,b   Melcher, D H ^a  

^a BRIGHTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Predictive value; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 0030776647     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.11.941     Document Type: Article

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