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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Predicting Malignancy in a Solitary Thyroid Nodule: A Prospective Study on the Role of Color Doppler Ultrasonography

Ravi Varma, Gururaja Rao, Manoj D Chadha, Ameya S Joshi, Premlata K Varthakavi

Keywords : Ultrasonography,Thyroid nodules,Thyroid neoplasms,Fine-needle aspiration,Color Doppler,Resistive index,Carcinoma,Papillary,Follicular,Thyroid

Citation Information : Varma R, Rao G, Chadha MD, Joshi AS, Varthakavi PK. Predicting Malignancy in a Solitary Thyroid Nodule: A Prospective Study on the Role of Color Doppler Ultrasonography. Int J Otorhinolaryngol Clin 2014; 6 (1):9-14.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10003-1144

Published Online: 01-08-2014

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2014; The Author(s).


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Rao G, Rao S, Varma R, Bhagwat NM, Chadha MD, Joshi AS, Varthakavi PK. Predicting Malignancy in a Solitary Thyroid Nodule: A Prospective Study on the Role of Color Doppler Ultrasonography. Int J Otorhinolaryngol Clin 2014;6(1):9-14.


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