Galectin-3 is a presurgical marker of human thyroid carcinoma

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3015-3020

  Orlandi, Fabio ^a   Saggiorato, Enrico ^a   Pivano, Giovanni ^a   Puligheddu, Barbara ^a   Termine, Angela ^a   Cappia, Susanna ^b   De Giuli, Paolo ^b   Angeli, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDE; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; GALECTIN 3; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL INTERACTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SPLICING; THYROID CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032527914     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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