Diagnostic value of qualitative and quantitative variables in thyroid lesions

Cytopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-179

  Rout, P ^a   Shariff, Shameem ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Thyroid aspirates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NODULAR GOITER; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADENOMA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHROMATIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; OBSERVER VARIATION; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0033036363     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1999.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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