Predictive factors of central lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma

Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 63-68

  Ahn, Byong Hyon ^a   Kim, Je Ryong ^a   Jeong, Ho Chul ^a   Lee, Jin Sun ^a   Chang, Eil Sung ^a   Kim, Yong Hun ^b  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lymph node; Metastasis; Papillary thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982085233     PISSN: 22886575     EISSN: 22886796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4174/astr.2015.88.2.63     Document Type: Article

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