Galectin-3 Immunodetection May Improve Cytological Diagnosis of Occult Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2 C, 2004, Pages 1111-1112

  Pisani, T ^a   Vecchione, A ^a   Giovagnoli, Maria Rosaria ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

FNAC; Galectin 3; Immunocytochemistry; Occult papillary carcinoma

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNODETECTION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTIPLE CANCER; OCCULT CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; GALECTIN 3; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2442589839     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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