Interobserver variation for ultrasound determination of thyroid nodule volumes

Thyroid

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1169-1175

  Brauer, V F H ^a   Eder, P ^a   Miehle, K ^a   Wiesner, T D ^a   Hasenclever, H ^b   Paschke, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID NODULE; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 20044381387     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2005.15.1169     Document Type: Article

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