Importance of thyroid abnormalities detected at US screening: A 5-year follow-up

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 801-806

  Brander, Antti E E ^a   Viikinkoski, Veli P ^b   Nickels, Juha I ^b   Kivisaari, Leena M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Thyroid, biopsy; Thyroid, neoplasms; Thyroid, US; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDITIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034078976     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.3.r00jn07801     Document Type: Article

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