Thyroglobulin measurement in fine-needle aspirates of lymph nodes in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: A simple definition of the threshold value, with emphasis on potential pitfalls of the method

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1171-1177

  Bournaud, Claire ^a   Charrié, Anne ^b   Nozières, Cécile ^a   Chikh, Karim ^b   Lapras, Véronique ^c   Denier, Marie Laure ^b   Paulin, Christian ^b   Decaussin Petrucci, Myriam ^b   Peix, Jean Louis ^b   Lifante, Jean Christophe ^b   Cornu, Catherine ^a,d,e   Giraud, Céline ^d   Orgiazzi, Jacques ^b   Borson Chazot, Françoise ^a  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

fine needle aspiration; lymph node; thyroglobulin; thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955434382     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.220     Document Type: Article

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