Cathepsin B activity and protein levels in thyroid carcinoma, Graves' disease, and multinodular goiters

Thyroid

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 569-577

  Shuja, S ^a   Cai, J ^a   Iacobuzio Donahue, C ^a   Zacks, J ^a   Beazley, R M ^a   Kasznica, J M ^a   O'Hara, C J ^a   Heimann, R ^b   Murnane, M J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; PROTEIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAVES DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NODULAR GOITER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL;

EID: 0033026334     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1999.9.569     Document Type: Article

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