Age of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: Is it a key factor in the development of variants?

Gerontology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-154

  Das, Dilip Kumar ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Age; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SMEAR; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23244460234     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083985     Document Type: Review

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