Thyroid nodule shape suggests malignancy

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-31

  Cappelli, Carlo ^a   Castellano, Maurizio ^a   Pirola, Ilenia ^a   Gandossi, Elena ^a   De Martino, Elvira ^a   Cumetti, Davide ^a   Agosti, Barbara ^a   Rosei, Enrico Agabiti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 33746306005     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02177     Document Type: Article

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