Ultrasound criteria of malignancy for cervical lymph nodes in patients followed up for differentiated thyroid cancer

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3590-3594

  Leboulleux, Sophie ^a   Girard, Elizabeth ^a   Rose, Mathieu ^a   Travagli, Jean Paul ^a   Sabbah, Nadia ^a   Caillou, Bernard ^a   Hartl, Dana M ^a   Lassau, Nathalie ^a   Baudin, Eric ^a   Schlumberger, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 34548739797     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-0444     Document Type: Article

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