Telomerase activity in surgical specimens and fine-needle aspiration biopsies from hyperplastic and neoplastic human thyroid tissues

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-88

  Trulsson, Lena M ^a   Velin, Åsa K ^a   Herder, Anders ^a   Söderkvist, Peter ^a   Rüter, Anders ^a   Smeds, Staffan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Human; Malignancy; Telomerase; Thyroid; TRAP assay

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID TUMOR;

EID: 0038460753     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(03)00119-3     Document Type: Article

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