Cytologic morphometric approach for the prediction of lymph node involvement in papillary thyroid cancer

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-54

  Nagashima, Takeshi ^a   Suzuki, Masato ^a   Nakajima, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

aspiration biopsy; lymph nodes; morphometry; neoplasm metastasis; thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031052869     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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