Preoperative FDG-PET imaging to assess the malignant potential of follicular neoplasms of the thyroid

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-106

  Smith, Russell B ^a   Robinson, Robert A ^b   Hoffman, Henry T ^b   Graham, Michael M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 37349057425     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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