Benign fine-needle aspiration cytology of thyroid nodule: To repeat or not to repeat?

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 933-937

  Gabalec, Filip ^a   Čáp, Jan ^a   Ryška, Aleš ^a   Vašátko, Tomáš ^a   Ceeová, Věra ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; TOXIC GOITER; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 72949091859     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0514     Document Type: Article

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