Cut-off value for needle washout thyroglobulin in athyrotropic patients

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1120-1124

  Lee, Young Hen ^a   Seo, Hyung Suk ^a   Suh, Sang Il ^a   Lee, Nam Joon ^a   Kim, Jung Hyuk ^a   Seol, Hae Young ^a   Lee, Ju Han ^a   Kwon, Soon Young ^a   Kim, Nan Hee ^a   Seo, Ji A ^a   Yang, Kyung Sook ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical recurrence; Sonography; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUT OFF VALUE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77953174789     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20893     Document Type: Article

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