US-guided fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules: Indications, techniques, results

Radiographics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1869-1886

  Kim, Min Jung ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Park, Sung Il ^b   Kim, Byung Moon ^c   Kwak, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Soo Jin ^a   Youk, Ji Hyun ^d   Park, Sung Hee ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; THYROID NODULE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 58149385674     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.287085033     Document Type: Article

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