A practical diagnostic approach to solid/trabecular nodules in the thyroid

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-81

  Volante, Marco ^a   Papotti, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth pattern; Solid; Thyroid; Trabecular; Tumors

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; THYROGLOBULIN;

ALGORITHM; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 55249099792     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-008-9023-5     Document Type: Review

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