Is fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of multiple thyroid nodules justified?

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Barroeta, Julieta E ^a   Wang, Hongling ^a   Shiina, Natsuko ^a   Gupta, Prabodh K ^a   LiVolsi, Virginia A ^a   Baloch, Zubair W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multinodular goiter; Risk of malignancy; Solitary nodule; Thyroid FNA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 33745712059     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:17:1:61     Document Type: Article

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