Pitfalls in cytological diagnosis of autoimmune thyroiditis

Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Kumarasinghe, Marian Priyanthi ^a,c   De Silva, Sharmila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b National Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Indecisiveness; Integrated approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; NUCLEOLUS; ONCOCYTOMA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032970545     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003130299105430     Document Type: Article

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