Evaluating the diagnostic significance of nuclear grooves in thyroid fine needle aspirates with a semiquantitative approach

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 563-570

  Yang, Yi Jun ^a,b   Demirci, Sukru Serdar ^a  

^a Oneida Healthcare Center ^*

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Carcinoma; Nuclear grooves; Papillary; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 0038036415     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326569     Document Type: Article

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