Biopsy of thyroid nodules: Comparison of three sets of guidelines

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Frates, Mary C ^a   Langer, Jill E ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78649751262     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4755     Document Type: Letter

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