Elastography: New developments in ultrasound for predicting malignancy in thyroid nodules

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2917-2922

  Rago, T ^a   Santini, F ^a   Scutari, M ^a   Pinchera, A ^a   Vitti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 34547765491     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-0641     Document Type: Article

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