Calcium oxalate crystals in thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 575-578

  Shimizu, Michio ^a   Hirokawa, Mitsuyoshi ^b   Kanahara, Takuo ^b   Manabe, Toshiaki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Calcium oxalate; Thyroid diseases; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICLE;

EID: 0032838357     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331148     Document Type: Article

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