Utility of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for evaluation of thyroid nodules

Thyroid

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-57

  Zhang, Bo ^a   Jiang, Yu Xin ^a   Liu, Ji Bin ^b   Yang, Meng ^a   Dai, Qing ^a   Zhu, Qing Li ^a   Gao, Pin ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GOITER; GRANULOMA; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149123417     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2009.0045     Document Type: Article

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