Measuring serum thyroglobulin in patients with follicular thyroid nodule: Its diagnostic implications

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 187-193

  Okamoto, Takahiro ^a   Kanbe, Masako ^a   Iihara, Masatoshi ^a   Yamazaki, Kiyomi ^a   Okamoto, Joji ^a   Yamashita, Tomoyuki ^a   Ito, Yukio ^a   Kawakami, Makio ^a   Obara, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follicular thyroid tumor; Likelihood ratio; Sensitivity and specificity; Serum thyroglobulin; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SMOKING HABIT; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR;

EID: 0030968417     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.44.187     Document Type: Article

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