New sonographic criteria for recommending fine-needle aspiration biopsy of nonpalpable solid nodules of the thyroid

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 687-691

  Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Cheong, Soo Park ^a   Woung, Youn Chung ^a   Ki, Keun Oh ^a   Dong, Ik Kim ^a   Jong, Tae Lee ^a   Hyung, Sik Yoo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID TUMOR; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0036187577     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.178.3.1780687     Document Type: Article

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