Serum antigens and antibodies in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1977, Pages 1220-1223

  Degroot, Leslie J ^a,b   Hoye, Kathleen ^a,b   Refetoff, Samuel ^a,b   Van Herle, Andre J ^a,b   Asteris, George T ^a,b   Rochman, Hyman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; THEORETICAL STUDY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID MICROSOME ANTIBODY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROSOME; RADIATION INJURY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSOMES; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0017702573     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-45-6-1220     Document Type: Article

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