Clinical value of using ultrasound to assess calcification patterns in thyroid nodules

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-127

  Lu, Zhaohui ^a   Mu, Yiming ^a   Zhu, Haiqing ^a   Luo, Yukun ^a   Kong, Qinglong ^a   Dou, Jingtao ^a   Lu, Juming ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CHINA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651277871     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0827-3     Document Type: Article

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