Usefulness of thyroglobulin measurement in needle washouts of fine-needle aspiration biopsy for the diagnosis of cervical lymph node metastases from papillary thyroid cancer before thyroidectomy

Endocrine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 399-403

  Kim, Dae Weung ^a   Jeon, Se Jeong ^a   Kim, Chang Guhn ^a  

^a Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical lymph node; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Thyroglobulin; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84867400094     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9636-9     Document Type: Article

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