Preoperative serum thyroglobulin as a useful predictive marker to differentiate follicular thyroid cancer from benign nodules in indeterminate nodules

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1014-1018

  Lee, Eun Kyung ^a   Chung, Ki Wook ^a   Min, Hye Sook ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Kim, Tae Hyun ^a   Ryu, Jun Sun ^a   Jung, Yoo Seok ^a   Kim, Seok Ki ^a   Lee, You Jin ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

ANTI THYROGLOBULIN; ANTI-THYROGLOBULIN; AUTOANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID NODULE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84866345513     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2012.27.9.1014     Document Type: Article

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