The sensitivity and the false negative rate of fine needle aspiration biopsy in thyroid nodule

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 343-344

  Kuru, Bekir ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VOLUME; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 49849084910     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181820f71     Document Type: Letter

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