Neoplastic transformation of the thyroid gland is accompanied by changes in cellular sialylation

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-140

  Babál, Pavel ^a   Janega, Pavol ^a   Černá, Andrea ^a   Kholová, Ivana ^b   Brabencová, Eva ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUT JEAN GODINOT   (France)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Lectin histochemistry; Neoplasia; Sialic acid; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS; TUMORS;

LECTIN HISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASIA; SIALIC ACID; THYROID GLAND;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

AGGLUTININ; GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; SIALIC ACID;

ADENOMA; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLAGELLATE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; GENETIC LINKAGE; GOITER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAACKIA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SIALYLATION; THYROID CANCER; THYROID GLAND;

MAACKIA AMURENSIS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; TRITRICHOMONAS MOBILENSIS;

EID: 33745025266     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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