Immunohistochemical characterisation of a case of insular thyroid carcinoma

Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 257-261

  Furihata, Mutsuo ^a   Ohtsuki, Yuji ^a   Matsumoto, Manabu ^a   Sonobe, Hiroshi ^a   Okada, Yuhei ^b   Watanabe, Ryohei ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Matsuyama Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Insular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CD57 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CARCINOMA;

EID: 0035020010     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020124160     Document Type: Article

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