Cellular composition of subacute thyroiditis. An immunohistochemical study of six cases

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 198, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 833-837

  Kojima, Masaru ^a,b   Nakamura, Shigeo ^c   Oyama, Tetsunari ^d   Sugihara, Shiro ^a   Sakata, Noriyuki ^e   Masawa, Nobuhide ^b  

^a GUNMA CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular immune reaction; Cytotoxic T cells; Histiocytes; Immunohistochemistry; Multinucleated giant cells; Plasmacytoid monocyte; Subacute thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

CD23 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; THYROGLOBULIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GERMINAL CENTER; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA CELL; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL;

EID: 0036991724     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00344     Document Type: Article

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