Diagnostic value of estrogen receptors in thyroid lesions

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 203-207

  Vaiman, Michael ^a   Olevson, Youlian ^a   Habler, Liliana ^a   Kessler, Alex ^a   Zehavi, Sergei ^a   Sandbank, Judith ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptors; Goiter; Immunoreactivity; Thyroid gland; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ADENOMA; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HURTLE CELL ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; METABOLISM; NODULAR GOITER; PATHOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954799504     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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