Risk of malignancy in patients with follicular neoplasm: Predictive value of clinical and ultrasonographic features

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1312-1315

  Gulcelik, Nese Ersoz ^a,b   Gulcelik, Mehmet Ali ^a   Kuru, Bekir ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 58149267849     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.12.1312     Document Type: Article

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