Surgery
Volume 148, Issue 3 , Pages 532-537 , September 2010

Correlation between indeterminate aspiration cytology and final histopathology of thyroid neoplasms

  • Tony Pang, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • University of Sydney Endocrine Surgical Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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  • Catharina Ihre-Lundgren, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Sydney Endocrine Surgical Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Anthony Gill, MD, FRCPA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Sydney, Sydney Australia
    • ,
  • Todd McMullen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Sydney Endocrine Surgical Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Mark Sywak, MD, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • University of Sydney Endocrine Surgical Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Stan Sidhu, PhD, MD, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • University of Sydney Endocrine Surgical Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Leigh Delbridge, MD, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • University of Sydney Endocrine Surgical Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Leigh Delbridge, MD, FRACS, University of Sydney Endocrine Surgery Unit, Wallace Freeborn Building, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards 2065 NSW, Australia.

,Accepted 21 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.01.018

Surgery
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