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The role of elastosonography, gray-scale and colour flow Doppler sonography in prediction of malignancy in thyroid nodules Cover

The role of elastosonography, gray-scale and colour flow Doppler sonography in prediction of malignancy in thyroid nodules

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 48 (2014): Issue 4 (December 2014)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2014-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 348 - 353
Submitted on: Nov 6, 2013
Accepted on: Jan 27, 2014
Published on: Nov 5, 2014
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
ultrasound,
Doppler,
elastosonography,
thyroid,
malignancy
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Radiology

© 2014 Idil Gunes Tatar, Aydin Kurt, Kerim Bora Yilmaz, Mehmet Doğan, Baki Hekimoglu, Sema Hucumenoglu, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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