Ultrastructural features of 'solid cell nest' of the human thyroid gland: A study of 8 cases

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Martin, Valérie ^a,d   Martin, Laurent ^b   Viennet, Gabriel ^c   Hergel, Martine ^c   Carbillet, Jean Pierre ^c   Fellmann, Dominique ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

C cells; Ciliated cells; Lymphoid cells; Ultimobranchial body; Ultimobranchial stem cell

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; EMBEDDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY GRANULE; SQUAMOUS CELL; THYROID GLAND; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; ULTIMOBRANCHIAL BODY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034092551     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019131200281255     Document Type: Article

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