Clinical significance of clonality in thyroid nodules

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1125-1128

  Kim, H ^a   Piao, Z ^a   Park, C ^a   Chung, W Y ^a   Park, C S ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THYROID NODULE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0031858345     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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