Ultrasonographic characteristics as a criterion for repeat cytology in benign thyroid nodules;Características ultrassonográficas como critério para repetição da citologia em nódulos tireoidianos benignos

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-55

  Rosário, Pedro Weslley ^a   Purisch, Saulo ^b  

^a Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^b Servico de Endocrinologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytology; Growth; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THYROID NODULE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NODULE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952803708     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302010000100009     Document Type: Article

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