Use of color doppler ultrasonography for the prediction of malignancy in follicular thyroid neoplasms: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 419-425

  Lared, Wagner ^a   Shigueoka, David Carlos ^b   Cristófoli, Julio Cesar ^a   Andriolo, Regis ^a   Atallah, Alvaro Nagib ^a   Ajzen, Sergio Aron ^b   Valente, Orsine ^a  

^a Brazilian Cochrane Center   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Fine needle biopsy; Follicular neoplasm

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COLOR; TUMORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; FOLLICULAR NEOPLASM; LITERATURE DATABASE; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 77949837778     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.3.419     Document Type: Review

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