Italian consensus for the classification and reporting of thyroid cytology

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 593-599

  Nardi, Francesco ^a   Basolo, Fulvio ^b   Crescenzi, Anna ^c   Fadda, Guido ^d   Frasoldati, Andrea ^e   Orlandi, Fabio ^f   Palombini, Lucio ^g   Papini, Enrico ^c   Zini, Michele ^e   Pontecorvi, Alfredo ^d   Vitti, Paolo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONSENSUS; CYTOLOGY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; ITALY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CYTOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

CONSENSUS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84903782829     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40618-014-0062-0     Document Type: Article

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