Value of US correlation of a thyroid nodule with initially benign cytologic results

Radiology

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 292-300

  Kwak, Jin Young ^a   Koo, Hyeryoung ^a   Youk, Ji Hyun ^b   Kim, Min Jung ^a   Moon, Hee Jung ^a   Son, Eun Ju ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDITIS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 75349097964     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2541090460     Document Type: Article

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