Microcalcifications and psammoma bodies in thyroid tumors

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1017-1018

  Triggiani, Vincenzo ^a,b   Guastamacchia, Edoardo ^a   Licchelli, Brunella ^a   Tafaro, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMA BODY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOMA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 51849102956     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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