Serum thyrotropin concentration as a biochemical predictor of thyroid malignancy in patients presenting with thyroid nodules

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 953-960

  Polyzos, Stergios A ^a   Kita, Marina ^a   Efstathiadou, Zoe ^a   Poulakos, Pavlos ^a   Slavakis, Aristidis ^a   Sofianou, Danae ^a   Flaris, Nikolaos ^a   Leontsini, Maria ^a   Kourtis, Anargyros ^a   Avramidis, Avraam ^a  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB); Goiter; Thyroid cytology; Thyroid histology; Thyroid neoplasms; Thyroid nodule; Thyrotropin (TSH)

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 49649117179     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-008-0373-7     Document Type: Article

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