Variability in reporting fine-needle aspirations of thyroid

Thyroid

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-

  Oertel, Yolanda C ^a   Burman, Kenneth D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THYROID GLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75149120562     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2009.0317     Document Type: Letter

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