Thyroid nodules with benign findings at cytologic examination: Results of long-term follow-up with US

Radiology

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 272-281

  Kim, Soo Yeon ^a   Han, Kyung Hwa ^b   Moon, Hee Jung ^a   Kwak, Jin Young ^a   Chung, Woong Youn ^c   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a  

^a Research Institute of Radiological Science   (South Korea)

^b Department of Research Affairs ^*  (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84896916067     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13131334     Document Type: Article

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