Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules: An updated meta-analysis with comprehensive heterogeneity analysis

• Juanjuan Zhang ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ JZ and XZ These authors are co-first author.

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Henan, China

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• Xiuting Zhang ,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ JZ and XZ These authors are co-first author.

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Yanna Meng,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Henan, China

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• Yinghong Chen

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zc000zc@126.com

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Henan, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3944-7072

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