Sonography of thyroid nodules: A "classic pattern" diagnostic approach

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 157-165

  Reading, Carl C ^a   Charboneau, J William ^a   Hay, Ian D ^a   Sebo, Thomas J ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodule; Thyroid ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 24144477266     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ruq.0000174750.27010.68     Document Type: Review

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