Optimized cutoff value and indication for washout thyroglobulin level according to ultrasound findings in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2349-2353

  Jung, J Y ^a   Shin, Jung Hee ^a   Han, B K ^a   Ko, E Y ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DEVICE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FLUIDS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890474669     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3687     Document Type: Article

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