Fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules in a general teaching hospital setting performing moderate number of biopsies: Outcome of indeterminate cytologic results

Endokrynologia Polska

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 385-389

  Bazrafshan, Hamidreza ^a   Azarhoush, Ramin ^a   Gholamrezanezhad, Ali ^b,c  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Follicular lesion; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 57649237587     PISSN: 0423104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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