Sonographic Imaging of Thyroid Nodules and Cervical Lymph Nodes

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 401-417

  Fish, Stephanie A ^a   Langer, Jill E ^a   Mandel, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECK; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 44049107809     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2007.12.003     Document Type: Review

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