Preferential expression of the cell adhesion molecule CD44 in papillary thyroid carcinoma

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 203-211

  Figge, James ^a   Del Rosario, Arthur D ^a   Gerasimov, Gregory ^b   Dedov, Ivan ^b   Bronstein, Maria ^b   Troshina, Katherine ^b   Alexandrova, Galina ^b   Kallakury, Bhaskar V S ^a   Bui, Hai X ^a   Bratslavsky, Gennady ^a   Ross, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ENDOCRINOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0028672288     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exmp.1994.1037     Document Type: Article

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