Application of an immunodiagnostic method for improving preoperative diagnosis of nodular thyroid lesions

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9269, 2001, Pages 1644-1650

  Bartolazzi, Armando ^a,b   Gasbarri, Alessandra ^b   Papotti, Mauro ^c   Bussolati, Gianni ^c   Lucante, Teresina ^d   Khan, Ashraf ^e   Inohara, Hidenori ^f   Marandino, Ferdinando ^b   Orlandi, Fabio ^c   Nardi, Francesco ^d   Vecchione, Aldo ^d   Tecce, Raffaele ^b   Larsson, Olle ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 9 ETHYLCARBAZOLE; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CD44V ANTIGEN; GALECTIN 3; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0035954068     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04817-0     Document Type: Article

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