18FDG-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanning in thyroid nodules with nondiagnostic cytology

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 644-648

  Giovanella, Luca ^a   Suriano, Sergio ^a   Maffioli, Marco ^b   Ceriani, Luca ^a  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b University Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID NODULE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; STANDARD; THYROID TUMOR; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953749315     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04005.x     Document Type: Article

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