Elastosonographic evaluation of thyroid nodules in acromegaly

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 607-613

  Scacchi, Massimo ^a   Andrioli, Massimiliano ^a   Carzaniga, Chiara ^a   Vitale, Giovanni ^a   Moro, Mirella ^a   Poggi, Luca ^b   Giraldi, Francesca Pecori ^a   Fatti, Letizia M ^a   Cavagnini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELASTOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; ADENOMA; AGED; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; GOITER; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THYROID TUMOR;

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 70349762047     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0558     Document Type: Article

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