Subclassification of the "grey zone" of thyroid cytology; a retrospective descriptive study with clinical, cytological, and histological correlation

Journal of Thyroid Research

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bonzanini, Mariella ^a   Amadori, Pierluigi ^b   Morelli, Luca ^a   Fasanella, Silvia ^a   Pertile, Riccardo ^c   Mattiuzzi, Angela ^a   Marini, Giorgio ^a   Niccolini, Mauro ^d   Tirone, Giuseppe ^a   Rigamonti, Marco ^e   Dalla Palma, Paolo ^a  

^a SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Outpatient Endocrine Surgery   (Italy)

^c Epidemiological Survey   (Italy)

^d Villa Bianca Hospital   (Italy)

^e Department of Surgery   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARCINOMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 84880613927     PISSN: 20908067     EISSN: 20420072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/251680     Document Type: Article

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