Thyroid Nodule Fine-Needle Aspiration

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-165

  Langer, Jill E ^a   Baloch, Zubair W ^b   McGrath, Cindy ^b   Loevner, Laurie A ^b   Mandel, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOCYTIC FOLLICULAR NEOPLASM; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROID SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84858126608     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: 15585034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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