Epidemiology of thyroid nodules

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 901-911

  Dean, Diana S ^a   Gharib, Hossein ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

fine needle biopsy; iodine; thyroid neoplasms; thyroid nodule; thyrotropin; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IODINE DEFICIENCY; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID INCIDENTALOMA; THYROID NODULE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; PALPATION; PREVALENCE; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 56649116085     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2008.09.019     Document Type: Review

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