Thyroglobulin in lymph node fine-needle aspiration washout: A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1970-1982

  Grani, Giorgio ^a   Fumarola, Angela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROGLOBULIN WASHOUT; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84902306956     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-1098     Document Type: Review

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