Cost-effectiveness of fine-needle-aspiration cytology of thyroid nodules with intranodular vascular pattern using two different needle types

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-354

  Cappelli, C ^a,b   Tironi, A ^b   Mattanza, C ^a   Cumetti, D ^a   Agosti, B ^a   Gandossi, E ^a   Pirola, I ^a   De Martino, E ^a   Cherubini, L ^a   Micheletti, L ^a   Castellano, M ^a   Agabiti Rosei, E ^a  

^a Internal Medicine and Endocrinology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Thyroid nodules; Thyroid ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; THYROID NODULE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULARIZATION;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 33646675310     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:16:4:349     Document Type: Article

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