Calcitonin Immunoreactivity in Neoplastic and Hyperplastic Parathyroid Glands: An Immunohistochemical Study

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-255

  Khan, Ashraf ^a,d   Tischler, Arthur S ^b   Patwardhan, Nilima A ^a   DeLellis, Ronald A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcitonin; Chromogranin B; Parathyroid adenoma; Parathyroid hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CHROMOGRANIN B;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD57; CALCITONIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANINS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE VALUES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0242288590     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:14:3:249     Document Type: Article

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