E-cadherin gene alterations are rare events in thyroid tumors

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-38

  Soares, Paula ^a   Berx, Geert ^b   Van Roy, Frans ^b   Sobrinho Simões, Manuel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031034884     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970106)70:1<32::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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