Usefulness of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of non-palpable small thyroid nodules

Tumori

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-357

  Accurso, Antonello ^a   Rocco, Nicola ^a   Palumbo, Alessio ^a   Leone, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Non palpable thyroid nodules; Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDITIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 26444539698     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160509100414     Document Type: Article

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