Role of Radionuclide Perfusion Study in Cold Solitary Thyroid Nodule for Diagnosis of Malignancy : A Complimentary Diagnostic Modality to Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 488-491

  Sharma, R ^a   Mondal, A ^a   Sahoo, M ^a   Kakar, A ^b   Shankar, L R ^a   Khanna, C M ^a   Chopra, M K ^a   Soni, N L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0033123283     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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