Expression of the hepatocyte growth factor and c-met in normal thyroid, non-neoplastic, and neoplastic nodules

Thyroid

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-131

  Trovato, Maria ^a,b   Villari, Daniela ^a   Bartolone, Luigi ^a   Spinella, Santina ^a   Simone, Angela ^a   Violi, Maria Antonia ^a   Trimarchi, Francesco ^a   Batolo, Dario ^a   Benvenga, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0031939323     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1998.8.125     Document Type: Article

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