Malignancy Risk Analysis in Patients with Inadequate Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) of the Thyroid

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Al Maqbali, Talib ^a   Tedla, Miroslav ^a   Weickert, Martin O ^b,c   Mehanna, Hisham ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROIDITIS; ULTRASOUND;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84869847789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049078     Document Type: Article

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