Telomerase activity in benign and malignant thyroid diseases

Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1141-1146

  Yashima, Kazuo ^a,b   Vuitch, Frank ^a,b   Gazdar, Adi F ^a,b   Fahey III, Thomas J ^a,b,c  

^a Univ Texas Southwestern Med Ctr ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0031443577     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(97)90220-8     Document Type: Article

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