US-elastography in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 523-531

  Asteria, Carmela ^a,d   Giovanardi, Alessandra ^a   Pizzocaro, Alessandro ^b   Cozzaglio, Luca ^b   Morabito, Alberto ^c   Somalvico, Francesco ^a   Zoppo, Adele ^a  

^a IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B SCAN; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 43449092874     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2007.0323     Document Type: Article

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