ret/PTC-1, -2, and -3 oncogene rearrangements in human thyroid carcinomas: Implications for metastatic potential?

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3360-3365

  Sugg, Sonia L ^a,c   Zheng, Lei ^a   Rosen, Irving B ^a   Freeman, Jeremy L ^b   Ezzat, Shereen ^a   Asa, Sylvia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029821103     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.81.9.8784097     Document Type: Article

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