Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration versus fine-needle capillary sampling biopsy of thyroid nodules: Does technique matter?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1697-1701

  Tublin, Mitchell E ^a   Martin, Joseph A ^a   Rollin, Lori J ^a   Pealer, Karen ^a   Kurs Lasky, Marcia ^b   Ohori, N Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Thyroid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CHARACTERIZATION; CYTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ASPIRATION; DIAGNOSTIC SONOGRAPHY; THYROID NODULES;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 36749088040     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.12.1697     Document Type: Article

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