Thyroid transcription factor 1 expression in cystic lesions of the neck: An immunohistochemical investigation of thyroglossal duct cysts, branchial cleft cysts and metastatic papillary thyroid cancer

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 447, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-11

  Kreft, Andreas ^a   Hansen, Torsten ^a   Kirkpatrick, Charles James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Branchial cleft cysts; Papillary thyroid cancer; Thyroglossal duct cysts; Thyroid transcription factor 1

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRANCHIAL ARCH; BRANCHIOGENIC CYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROID CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRANCHIOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; THYROGLOSSAL CYST; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 23744472413     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-005-1227-1     Document Type: Article

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