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Gharib H, Goellner JR. Evaluation of nodular thyroid disease. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 1988;17(3):511-26
Gharib, H., & Goellner, J. R. (1988). Evaluation of nodular thyroid disease. Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America, 17(3), 511-26.
Gharib, H, and Goellner, J R. "Evaluation of nodular thyroid disease." Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America vol. 17,3 (1988): 511-26.
Gharib H, Goellner JR. Evaluation of nodular thyroid disease. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 1988 Sep;17(3):511-26. PMID: 3065078.
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Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 1988 Sep;17(3):511-26.

Evaluation of nodular thyroid disease.

Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America

H Gharib, J R Goellner

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

PMID: 3065078

Abstract

There is no doubt that FNA biopsy is the best initial diagnostic step for the evaluation of a nodular thyroid. The successful use of FNA biopsy depends greatly on the experience of the clinician performing the aspiration and the expertise of the cytopathologist. The procedure is safe, expedient, and cost-effective. Complications are extremely rare. The accuracy of the technique in experienced hands is better than 95 per cent.

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