Insular carcinoma of the thyroid

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 384-389

  Cornetta, Anthony J ^a   Burchard, Andrew E ^a   Pribitkin, Edmund A ^a   O'Reilly, Robert C ^a   Palazzo, Juan P ^a   Keane, William M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; PROTEIN P53; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULAR CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037986397     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130308200515     Document Type: Article

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