The role of fine-needle aspiration in the evaluation of thyroid nodules

Problems in General Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1-13

  Chen, Herbert ^a,b   Nicol, Theresa L ^a,b   Rosenthal, Dorothy L ^a,b   Udelsman, Robert ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; NODULAR GOITER; ONCOCYTOMA; OUTPATIENT; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR;

EID: 0031460004     PISSN: 07398328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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