The Bethesda system for reporting thyroid fine needle aspirates: A cytologic study with histologic follow-up

Journal of Cytology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 94-99

  Mondal, Santosh Kumar ^a   Sinha, Simanti ^a   Basak, Bijan ^a   Roy, Dipanwita Nag ^a   Sinha, Swapan Kumar ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bethesda system; fine needle aspiration; standardization; thyroid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879115332     PISSN: 09709371     EISSN: 09745165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.112650     Document Type: Article

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