Efficacy of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules: Experience of a Mexican institution

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 408-411

  Lopez, Luis H ^a   Canto, Jorge A ^a   Herrera, Miguel F ^a   Gamboa Dominguez, Armando ^a   Rivera, Raul ^a   Gonzalez, Ofelia ^a   Perez Enriquez, Bernardo ^a   Angeles Angeles, Arturo ^a   Letayf, Victor ^a   Rull, Juan A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0030933343     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012262     Document Type: Article

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