Value of repeated fine needle aspirations of the thyroid: An analysis of over ten thousand FNAs

Thyroid

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1061-1066

  Oertel, Yolanda C ^a   Miyahara Felipe, Leika ^a   Mendoza, Mayo G ^a   Yu, Kai ^b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROIDECTOMY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 36749035305     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2007.0159     Document Type: Article

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