Screening of thyrotropin receptor mutations by fine-needle aspiration biopsy in autonomous functioning thyroid nodules in multinodular goiters

Thyroid

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-357

  Tassi, Vittorio ^a   Di Cerbo, Alfredo ^a   Porcellini, Antonio ^b   Papini, Enrico ^c   Cisternino, Carmela ^a   Crescenzi, Anna ^c   Scillitani, Alfredo ^a   Pizzuti, Antonia ^d   Ratti, Antonia ^d   Trischitta, Vincenzo ^a   Avvedimento, V Enrico ^e   Fenzi, Gianfranco ^b   De Filippis, Vito ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0032968013     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1999.9.353     Document Type: Article

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