A prospective assessment defining the limitations of thyroid nodule pathologic evaluation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 325-332

  Cibas, Edmund S ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Baloch, Zubair W ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Fellegara, Giovanni ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   LiVolsi, Virginia A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Raab, Stephen S ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,k}   Rosai, Juan ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Diggans, James ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Friedman, Lyssa ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Kennedy, Giulia C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Kloos, Richard T ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Lanman, Richard B ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Mandel, Susan J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Sindy, Nicole ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Steward, David L ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Zeiger, Martha A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Haugen, Bryan R ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Alexander, Erik K ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Centro Diagnostico Italiano   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Veracyte Inc   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Centro Diagnostico Italiano   (Italy)

^k MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883419519     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-5-201309030-00006     Document Type: Article

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