Thyroglobulin measurement on fine-needle washout fluids: Influence of sample collection methods

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-44

  Giovanella, Luca ^a,b   Ceriani, Luca ^a   Suriano, Sergio ^a   Crippa, Stefano ^c  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Lymph nodes; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LITHIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THYROGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; THYROID CARCINOMA;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149504401     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20964     Document Type: Article

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