Somatic but not germline mutation of the APC gene in a case of cribriform-morular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 486-493

  Cameselle Teijeiro, José ^b   Ruiz Ponte, Clara ^b   Loidi, Lourdes ^b   Suarez Peñaranda, José ^b   Baltar, Javier ^b   Sobrinho Simoes, Manuel ^b  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

APC gene; Cribriform morular variant; Cytology; Familial adenomatous polyposis; Papillary carcinoma; Polymerase chain reaction; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; CD15 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; THYROGLOBULIN; VIMENTIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CODON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, APC; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0035057361     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/T9CC-JNMD-1WGP-YPAF     Document Type: Article

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