Cribriform-morular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: Ultrastructural study and somatic/germline mutation analysis of the APC gene

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-102

  Kameyama, Kaori ^a   Mukai, Makio ^a   Takami, Hiroshi ^b   Ito, Koichi ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c ITO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

APC gene; Cribriform morular variant; Familial adenomatous polyposis; Nuclear clearing; Papillary carcinoma; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROFILAMENT; MICROSCOPY; MORULA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOMATIC MUTATION; THYROID CARCINOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; GENES, APC; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2442459745     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120490431435     Document Type: Article

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