Thyroglobulin detection in fine-needle aspirates of cervical lymph nodes: A technique for the diagnosis of metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-107

  Cunha, Nuno ^a   Rodrigues, Fernando ^a   Curado, Fátima ^a   Ilhéu, Olga ^a   Cruz, Carlos ^a   Naidenov, Plamen ^a   Rascão, Maria João ^a   Ganho, João ^a   Gomes, Idílio ^a   Pereira, Henriques ^a   Real, Odete ^a   Figueiredo, Paulo ^a   Campos, Beatriz ^a   Valido, Frederico ^a  

^a Instituto Portugues de Oncologia Francisco Gentil Centro Regional de Oncologia de Coimbra SA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 34547463133     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-07-0088     Document Type: Article

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