Thyroid ultrasound features and risk of carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Thyroid

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 538-550

  Remonti, Luciana Reck ^a   Kramer, Caroline Kaercher ^b   Leitão, Cristiane Bauermann ^c   Pinto, Lana Catani F ^c   Gross, Jorge Luiz ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER RISK; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; RISK; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84928884180     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2014.0353     Document Type: Article

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