Diagnostic performance of gray-scale versus combined grayscale with colour doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of malignancy in thyroid nodules

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 759-764

  Phuttharak, Warinthorn ^a   Somboonporn, Charoonsak ^a   Hongdomnern, Gatenapa ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Doppler; Gray scale colour; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952297310     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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