Predictive factors of carcinoma in 327 patients with follicular neoplasm of the thyroid

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Besic, Nikola ^a   Sesek, Manja ^a   Peric, Barbara ^a   Zgainar, Janez ^a   Hocevar, Marko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Follicular neoplasm; Predictive factors; Preoperative diagnose; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 52249094910     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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