Absence of histological malignancy in a patient cohort with follicular lesions on fine-needle aspiration

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-34

  Foppiani, L ^a   Tancredi, M ^a   Ansaldo, G L ^a   Ceppa, P ^a   Auriati, L ^a   Torre, G C ^a   Minuto, F ^a   Giusti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Follicular lesions; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; ITALY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CYST; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDITIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037217151     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03345119     Document Type: Article

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