The role of imaging in Graves' disease: A cost-effectiveness analysis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-103

  Cappelli, C ^a   Pirola, I ^a   De Martino, E ^a   Agosti, B ^a   Delbarba, A ^a   Castellano, M ^a   Rosei, E Agabiti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Hyperthyroidism; Thyroid cancer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE CONTROL; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

GRAVES' DISEASE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; THYROID CANCER;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID NODULE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 37549034273     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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