Should we use stylet needles for aspiration cytology of thyroid nodules?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 84-85

  Cappelli, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; B SCAN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEEDLE; OSCILLOSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STYLET NEEDLE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; NEEDLES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 58849084065     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet1037     Document Type: Short Survey

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