Follicular, papillary, and "hybrid" carcinomas of the thyroid

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-320

  Castro, Patrícia ^a   Fonseca, Elsa ^a,b,c   Magalhães, João ^c   Sobrinho Simões, Manuel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

"hybrid"; Carcinoma; Clinicopathologic features; Follicular variant of papillary carcinoma; Well differentiated carcinomas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID HYBRID CARCINOMA; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036998576     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:13:4:313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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