Thyroid sonography: Current applications and future directions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 437-443

  Tessler, Franklin N ^a   Tublin, Mitchell E ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0032793030     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.2.10430150     Document Type: Review

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