Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP IV/CD26) staining predicts distant metastasis of 'benign' thyroid tumor

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 264-265

  Hirai, Keisuke ^a   Kotani, Tomio ^b   Aratake, Yatsuki ^b   Ohtaki, Sachiya ^b   Kuma, Kanji ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipeptidyl peptidase IV immunostaining; Distant metastasis; Follicular thyroid carcinoma; Prediction

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; NODULAR GOITER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD26; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032898378     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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