Comparison between echo-color doppler sonography features and angioarchitecture of thyroid nodules

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-142

  Foschini, Maria P ^a,c   Ragazzi, Moira ^a   Parmeggiani, Alfredo L ^b   Righi, Alberto ^a   Flamminio, Federica ^a   Meringolo, Domenico ^b   Castaldini, Luciano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echo color Doppler sonography; Smooth muscle actin; Thyroid; Vessels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; GOITER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMICROSCOPY; THYROID NODULE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34047245448     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896906299118     Document Type: Article

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