Lymphocytic thyroiditis: a correlation of cytological grades with clinical, biochemical and ultrasound findings
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Lymphocytic Thyroiditis – is cytological grading significant? A correlation of grades with clinical, biochemical, ltrasonographic and radionuclide parameters
BACKGROUND Clinical, biochemical, ultrasonographic, radionuclide and cytomorphological observations in Lymphocytic thyroiditis (LT), to define the cytological grading criteria on smears and correlation of grades with above parameters. METHODS This prospective study was conducted on 76 patients attending the Fine needle aspiration cytology clinic of a tertiary care institute in North India. Th...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2320-6071
DOI: 10.5455/2320-6012.ijrms20131138