Interobserver variability and diagnostic performance in US assessment of thyroid nodule according to size

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Park, S J ^a   Park, S H ^a   Choi, Y J ^b   Kim, D W ^c   Son, E J ^a   Lee, H S ^a   Yoon, J H ^d   Kim, E K ^a   Moon, H J ^a   Kwak, J Y ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

head neck; tumor; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR BURDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871643783     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1325404     Document Type: Article

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