Diagnostic value of ultrasonography to distinguish between benign and malignant lesions in the management of thyroid nodules

Thyroid

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 461-466

  Hyun, Jung Tae ^a   Dong, Jun Lim ^a   Ki, Hyun Baek ^a,b   Woo, Chan Park ^a   Youn, Soo Lee ^a   Jung, Eun Choi ^a   Jong, Min Lee ^a   Moo, Il Kang ^a   Bong, Yun Cha ^a   Ho, Young Son ^a   Kwang, Woo Lee ^a   Sung, Koo Kang ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 34249930065     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2006.0337     Document Type: Article

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