Diagnosis of metastases in patients with papillary thyroid cancer by the measurement of thyroglobulin in fine needle aspirate;Diagnóstico de metástases de carcinoma papilífero de tiróide através da dosagem de tiroglobulina no líquido obtido da lavagem da agulha utilizada na punção aspirativa

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 419-425

  Biscolla, Rosa Paula M ^a,b   Ikejiri, Elza S ^a   Mamone, Maria Conceição ^a   Nakabashi, Cláudia C D ^a   Andrade, Victor P ^a   Kasamatsu, Teresa S ^a   Crispim, Felipe ^a   Chiamolera, Maria Izabel ^a   Andreoni, Danielle M ^a   Camacho, Cleber P ^a   Hojaij, Flávio C ^a   Vieira, José Gilberto H ^a   Furlanetto, Reinaldo P ^a   Maciel, Rui M B ^a  

^a Fleury   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Lymph nodes metastases; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid cancer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250169819     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302007000300009     Document Type: Article

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