Galectin-3 as a presurgical immunocytodiagnostic marker of minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 5152-5158

  Saggiorato, Enrico ^a   Cappia, Susanna ^b   De Giuli, Paolo ^b   Mussa, Alessandro ^a   Pancani, Guido ^a   Caraci, Pasquale ^a   Angeli, Alberto ^a   Orlandi, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

EID: 0035181926     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.11.8043     Document Type: Article

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