The usefulness of sonographic features in selection of thyroid nodules for biopsy in relation to the nodule's size

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-111

  Popowicz, Bozena ^a   Klencki, Mariusz ^a   Lewiński, Andrzej ^a   Slowinska Klencka, Dorota ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEIGHT TO WIDTH RATIO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; ADENOCARCINOMA; CALCINOSIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 67650770691     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0022     Document Type: Article

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