US, colour-Doppler US and fine-needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of thyroid nodules;Ecografia, eco-color Doppler ed agoaspirazione ecoguidata nella diagnostica del nodulo tiroideo

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 751-762

  Stacul, F ^a   Bertolotto, M ^a   De Gobbis, F ^a   Calderan, L ^a   Cioffi, V ^a   Romano, A ^a   Zanconati, F ^a   Cova, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler US; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34547749412     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-007-0178-9     Document Type: Article

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