Do sonographic and cytological features predict malignancy in cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 361-364

  Dutta, S ^a   Thaha, M A ^b   Smith, D M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Surgery; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960160662     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588411X580160     Document Type: Article

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