Detection and prognostic relevance of cytokeratin 20 in differentiated and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas by RT-PCR

Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 964-971

  Schmitz Winnenthal, Friedrich Hubertus ^a   Weckauf, Heldgard ^a   Haufe, Sabine ^a   Hinz, Ulf ^a   Z'graggen, Kaspar ^a   Klar, Ernst ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a   Weber, Theresia ^a,b   Demeure, Michael J ^b   Clark, Orlo H ^b   Musholt, Petra B ^b   Nwariaku, Fiemu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20;

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECURRENCE RISK; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 10744221524     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(03)00428-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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