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Intraoperative measurement of thyroglobulin in lymph node aspirates for the detection of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma
BACKGROUND: Among patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), 30%–80% have cervical lymph node (LN) metastases, which are most commonly located in the central compartment. However, preoperative ultrasonography identifies malignant central compartment LNs in only 20%–30% of cases. We aimed to ev...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5602279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28979135 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S140643 |