Quality improvement by standardization of procurement and processing of thyroid fine-needle aspirates in the absence of on-site cytological evaluation

Thyroid

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1049-1052

  Sidiropoulos, Nikoletta ^a   Dumont, Larry J ^a   Golding, Allan C ^a   Quinlisk, Francis L ^a   Gonzalez, Jorge L ^a   Padmanabhan, Vijayalakshmi ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SMEAR; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350648511     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2009.0161     Document Type: Article

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