Genetic predisposition to non-medullary thyroid cancer

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 911-914

  Houlston, Richard S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COWDEN SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; NODULAR GOITER; THYROID CANCER;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAMARTOMA SYNDROME, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031773051     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199810000-00001     Document Type: Article

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