Serum thyrotropin concentration as a novel predictor of malignancy in thyroid nodules investigated by fine-needle aspiration

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4295-4301

  Boelaert, K ^a,c   Horacek, J ^b   Holder, R L ^a   Watkinson, J C ^a   Sheppard, M C ^a   Franklyn, J A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; ONCOCYTOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33751538065     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-0527     Document Type: Article

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