Management of benign thyroid nodules based on findings of fine-needle aspiration

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-97

  Mazzawi, Salim J ^a   Rosen, Gabriel ^a   Luboshitzky, Rafael ^a   Dharan, Moraly ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benign thyroid nodules; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration (FNA); Thyroid surgery; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0034082329     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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