Insular (poorly differentiated) carcinoma of the thyroid: An ultrastructural and immunocytochemical study of two cases

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-131

  Begin L R ^a   Allaire, G S ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Insular carcinoma; Poorly differentiated carcinoma; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN; THYROGLOBULIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; THYROID TUMOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ORGANELLES; PROGNOSIS; SOMATOSTATIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029678574     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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