Assessment of malignancy rate in thyroid nodules according to the Bethesda system of fine-needle aspiration: Report from a tertiary center in the Southwestern region of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-171

  Al Shraim, Mubarak M ^a   Kaood, Omaia M ^b   Hussein, Mahmoud R ^b   Al Ahmary, Ali M ^b   Al Shehri, Gharamah Y ^b   Jastania, Raid A ^c   Mahfouz, Ahmed A ^a   Abu Eshy, Saeed A ^d  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NAJRAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BETHESDA SYSTEM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL CANCER;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84857183047     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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