The significance of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as a possible marker of underlying papillary microcarcinomas in thyroidal goiters: A pilot study

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 691-696

  Seretis, Charalampos ^a   Gourgiotis, Stavros ^a   Gemenetzis, George ^a   Seretis, Fotios ^b   Lagoudianakis, Emmanuel ^a   Dimitrakopoulos, George ^a  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cancer; Goiter; Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PAPILLARY THYROID MICROCARCINOMA; PILOT STUDY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877808466     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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