Fine needle aspiration cytology of the thyroid in children and adolescents: Experience with 792 aspirates

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 569-574

  Kapila, Kusum ^a,b   Pathan, Shahed K ^b   George, Sara Shirly ^a   Haji, Bahiyah E ^b   Das, Dilip K ^a,b   Qadan, Laila Rafiq ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aspiration biopsy; Children; Fine needle; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LYMPHOCYTIC THYROIDITIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGIST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMEAR; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

EID: 77956489254     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325179     Document Type: Article

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