Utility of I-123 thyroid uptake scan in incidental thyroid nodules: An old test with a new role

Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 511-517

  Wilhelm, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM IODIDE I 123;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51449083797     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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