Contribution of nuclear texture analysis for the differential diagnosis of follicular lesions of the thyroid: Comparison to immunohistochemical markers;Contribuição da análise de textura do núcleo celular para o diagnóstico diferencial de lesões foliculares da tireoide: Comparação com marcadores imunoistoquímicos

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 804-810

  Ferreira, Rita C ^a   Ward, Laura S ^a   Adam, Randall L ^a   Leite, Neucimar J ^a   Metze, Konradin ^a   de Matos, Patrícia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Differential diagnosis; Immunohistochemistry; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749121769     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302009000700003     Document Type: Article

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