Metallothionein in the thyroid gland

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-43

  Suzuki, Keiji ^a   Kawashima, Kenji ^a   Nakajima, Katsuyuki ^b   Otaki, Noriko ^c   Kimura, Masami ^d   Oyama, Tetsuya ^e   Takatama, Masamitsu ^f  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN IMMUNORESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^c NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Geriatrics Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Medullary carcinoma; Metallothionein; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029862437     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.29.39     Document Type: Article

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