Thymosin β-10 gene expression as a possible tool in diagnosis of thyroid neoplasias

Oncology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-243

  Chiappetta, Gennaro ^a   Pentimalli, Francesca ^a   Monaco, Mario ^a   Fedele, Monica ^a   Pasquinelli, Rosa ^a   Pierantoni, Giovanna Maria ^a   Ribecco, Maria Teresa ^a   Santelli, Giovanni ^a   Califano, Daniela ^a   Pezzullo, Luciano ^a   Fusco, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Neoplasia; Thymosin; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN BETA(10);

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARCINOMA; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADENOMA; CARCINOMA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; THYMOSIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 16544368851     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.12.2.239     Document Type: Article

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