Galectin-3 detection on large-needle aspiration biopsy improves preoperative selection of thyroid nodules: A prospective cohort study

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-78

  Carpi, Angelo ^a   Rossi, Giuseppe ^b   Coscio, Giancarlo Di ^c   Iervasi, Giorgio ^b   Nicolini, Andrea ^a   Carpi, Federico ^a   Mechanick, Jeffrey I ^d   Bartolazzi, Armando ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Galectin 3; Percutaneous biopsy; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; GALECTIN 3; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 75149197291     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890903439778     Document Type: Article

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