Comparison of cytological results obtained by repeated US-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsies of thyroid nodules: Focus on the rate of malignancy and diagnostic concordance

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 492-497

  Young, Hen Lee ^a   Baek, Hyun Kim ^a   Suh, Sang Il ^a   Hyung, Suk Seo ^a   Bo, Kyoung Seo ^a   Kyu, Ran Cho ^a   Lee, Ju Han ^a   Nan, Hee Kim ^a   Ji, A Seo ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benign disease; Cancer; Fine needle aspiration; Thyroid; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 67650233258     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21043     Document Type: Article

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