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. 2008 Dec 1;10(6):558–565. doi: 10.1016/j.jfms.2008.03.009

Table 2.

The absolute differences in palpation score between two assessments of the same thyroid gland lobe by the same clinician and the same technique

Clinician Number of palpations
Difference in score with T1 Difference in score with T2
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4
Clinician 1 36 2 0 0 35 2 0 1 0
Clinician 2 31 6 0 1 25 8 2 3 0
Clinician 3 28 6 3 1 23 11 2 1 1

Each clinician assessed 38 thyroid gland lobes twice with both techniques, because 19 cats with two thyroid gland lobes were palpated.