Factors affecting inadequate sampling of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 776-782

  Choi, Seon Hyeong ^a,b   Han, Kyung Hwa ^a   Yoon, Jung Hyun ^a   Moon, Hee Jung ^a   Son, Eun Ju ^a   Youk, Ji Hyun ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Kwak, Jin Young ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOB EXPERIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID CYST; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955843111     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04011.x     Document Type: Article

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