Clinical relevance of non-palpable thyroid nodules as assessed by ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-64

  Nabriski, D ^a,b   Ness Abramof, R ^a,b   Brosh, T ^a,b   Konen, O ^a,b   Shapiro, M S ^a,b   Shenkman, L ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Malignancy; Nodules; Non palpable; Thyroid; US

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0037216987     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03345124     Document Type: Article

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