Thyroid palpation versus high-resolution thyroid ultrasonography in the detection of nodules

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 487-496

  Wiest, Philip W ^a   Hartshorne, Michael F ^a,f   Inskip, Peter D ^b   Crooks, Lida A ^a   Sylvia Vela, B ^a   Telepak, Robert J ^a   Williamson, Michael R ^a   Blumhardt, Ralph ^c   Bauman, John M ^d   Tekkel, Mare ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Tallinn   (Estonia)

^f VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

High resolution ultrasonography; Nodules, thyroid; Palpation; Physical examination; Thyroid, nodules

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

PALPATION; THYROID NODULES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PALPATION; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0032147166     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1998.17.8.487     Document Type: Article

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