The association of colour flow Doppler sonography and conventional ultrasonography improves the diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma

Hormone Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 249-256

  Appetecchia, Marialuisa ^a   Solivetti, F M ^b  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Thyroid Doppler studies; Thyroid neoplasms; Thyroid ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33750199718     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096013     Document Type: Article

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