Detection of lymph node metastases of papillary thyroid cancer - Comparison of the results of histopathology, immunohistochemistry and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction - A preliminary report

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 390, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-215

  Pomorski, L ^a   Kaczka, Krzysztof ^a   Piaskowski, S ^a   Wojcik I ^a   Rieske, P ^a   Matejkowska, M ^b   Kuzdak, K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b Memorial Copernicus Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Lymph node metastases; Papillary thyroid cancer; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 21244458756     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-004-0528-1     Document Type: Article

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