The impact of atypia/follicular lesion of undetermined significance on the rate of malignancy in thyroid fine-needle aspiration: Evaluation of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology

Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1234-1241

  Broome, James T ^a   Solorzano, Carmen C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; BETHESDA SYSTEM FOR REPORTING THYROID CYTOPATHOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 82755164521     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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