Telomerase activity in the differential diagnosis of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1137-1140

  Saji, Motoyasu ^b   Westra, William H ^b   Chen, Herbert ^b   Umbricht, Christopher B ^b   Tuttle, R Michael ^b   Box, Mary F ^b   Udelsman, Robert ^b   Sukumar, Saraswati ^b   Zeiger, Martha A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031440646     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(97)90219-1     Document Type: Article

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