Diagnostic performance of 99mTc-MIBI scan in predicting the malignancy of thyroid nodules: A meta-analysis

Endocrine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-78

  Treglia, Giorgio ^a   Caldarella, Carmelo ^b   Saggiorato, Enrico ^c   Ceriani, Luca ^a   Orlandi, Fabio ^c   Salvatori, Massimo ^b   Giovanella, Luca ^a  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic performance; Meta analysis; MIBI; Thyroid nodule; Thyroid tumors

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84881134826     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-013-9932-z     Document Type: Article

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