Karyometric analysis in the cytologic diagnosis of thyroid lesions

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 507-513

  Słowińska Klencka, Dorota ^a   Klencki, Mariusz ^a   Sporny, Stanisław ^a   Lewiński, Andrzej ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Computer aided diagnosis; Karyometry; Thyroid diseases; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOMETRY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROIDITIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2642633749     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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