Ultrasonographic characteristics of thyroid nodules: Prediction of malignancy

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 334-337

  Koike, Eisuhe ^a   Noguchi, Shiro ^a,b   Yamashita, Hiroyuki ^a   Murakami, Tsukasa ^a   Ohshima, Akira ^a   Kawamoto, Hitoshi ^a   Yamashita, Hiroto ^a  

^a Noguchi Thyroid Clin/Hosp Found   (Japan)

^b Noguchi Thyroid Clin/Hosp Found   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CYST; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0035089670     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.136.3.334     Document Type: Article

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