Value of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules in an endemic goitre area

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-69

  Mikosch, P ^a   Gallowitsch, H J ^a   Kresnik, E ^a   Jester, J ^a   Wurtz F G ^a   Kerschbaumer, K ^a   Unterweger, O ^a   Dinges, H P ^a   Lind, P ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Preoperative management; Thyroid carcinoma; Thyroid nodules; Ultrasonographic guidance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 0033954639     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006664     Document Type: Article

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