Medullary thyroid carcinoma: Comparison with papillary thyroid carcinoma and application of current sonographic criteria

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1090-1094

  Lee, Sanghee ^a   Shin, Jung Hee ^a   Han, Boo Kyung ^a   Ko, Eun Young ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Medullary thyroid carcinoma; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77950625587     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3276     Document Type: Article

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