Role of FNA in the medical management of minimally enlarged thyroid

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-200

  Kini, Usha ^a   Buch, Archana ^a   Bantwal, Ganapathy ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

FNAC; Grade 0, 1, and 2 goiter; Subclinical hypothyroidism; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 33644891318     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20415     Document Type: Article

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