Vascular endothelial growth factor in thyroid cyst fluids

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 248-253

  Hofmann, Andrea ^a   Gessl, Alois ^a   Girschele, Friedrich ^a   Novotny, Clemens ^a   Kienast, Oskar ^a   Staudenherz, Anton ^a   Dudczak, Robert ^a   Li, Shuren ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Concentration; Cystic fluid; Pathogenesis; Thyroid; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYST FLUID; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; THYROID CYST; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NODULE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34250199326     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0744-5     Document Type: Article

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