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ArticleThyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association2019

Differences in Thyroid Nodule Cytology and Malignancy Risk Between Children and Adults.

Christine E Cherella, Trevor E Angell, Danielle M Richman, Mary C Frates, Carol B Benson, Francis D Moore, Justine A Barletta, Monica Hollowell, Jessica R Smith, Erik K Alexander and 2 more

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Article in Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christine E Cherella1Thyroid Program, Division of Endocrinology and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Trevor E Angell2Division of Endocrinology, Hypertension, and Diabetes, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Danielle M Richman3Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Mary C Frates3Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Carol B Benson3Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Francis D Moore4Department of Surgery, and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Justine A Barletta5Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Monica Hollowell6Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jessica R Smith1Thyroid Program, Division of Endocrinology and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Erik K Alexander2Division of Endocrinology, Hypertension, and Diabetes, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Edmund S Cibas5Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ari J Wassner1Thyroid Program, Division of Endocrinology and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USBoston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Research in Development Endocrinology and MetabolismT32DK007699 · NIDDK · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI JOEL N HIRSCHHORN · 1992 to 2026
$7.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007699
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Adenocarcinoma, FollicularAdolescentAdultAge FactorsBiopsy, Fine-NeedleChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedRisk AssessmentThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid GlandBethesda systemcytologyindeterminatemalignancypediatricthyroid nodules

Identifiers

PMID31298618
PMCPMC6707031
OpenAlexW2958771685

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Registered trials

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