Ultrasound elastography is not superior to grayscale ultrasound in predicting malignancy in thyroid nodules

Thyroid

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1031-1038

  Ünlütürk, Uǧur ^a   Erdoǧan, Murat Faik ^a   Demir, Özgür ^a   Güllü, Sevim ^a   Başkal, Nilgün ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CYTOLOGY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ONCOCYTOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84867026975     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2011.0502     Document Type: Article

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