Evaluation of a thyroid nodule

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-33

  Kim, Namou ^a   Lavertu, Pierre ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; IODINE 123; TECHNETIUM 99M; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STANDARD; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0037303357     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-6665(02)00130-5     Document Type: Review

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