Real-time and computerized sonographic scoring system for predicting malignant cervical lymphadenopathy

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 594-598

  Liao, Li Jen ^a   Wang, Chi Te ^a   Young, Yi Ho ^b   Cheng, Po Wen ^a  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; Cervical lymphadenopathy; Fine needle aspiration; Predictor; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951599120     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21225     Document Type: Article

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