Association of sonographically detected calcification with thyroid carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1077-1083

  Wang, Ning ^a   Xu, Yuanhong ^a   Ge, Chunlin ^a   Guo, Renxuan ^a   Guo, Kejian ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcification; Thyroid carcinoma; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE STIPPLED PSAMMOMATOUS CALCIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 33845342186     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20481     Document Type: Article

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