Is pattern III as evidenced by US color-doppler useful in predicting thyroid nodule malignancy? Large-scale retrospective analysis

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Cantisani, V ^a   Catania, A ^b   De Antoni, E ^b   Greco, R ^b   Caruso, R ^b   Di Segni, M ^a   Medvedyeva, E ^a   Maldur, V ^a   Guerrisi, I ^a   Kyriacou, K A ^b   Passariello, R ^a   Carbotta, G ^b   Giusti, D M ^b   Guaitoli, E ^b   Garkavaya, T ^a   Olive, M ^a   Ricci, P ^a   D'Andrea, V ^b  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color doppler; Nodules pattern III; Thyroid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954611291     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: 19726007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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