Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound features in thyroid microcarcinomas

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 931-938

  Choi, Yoon Jung ^a,b   Kim, Sun Mi ^a   Choi, Sang Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Thyroid carcinoma; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CALCIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NODULAR GOITER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55049115696     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K08E-084     Document Type: Article

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