Thyroglobulin measurement in fine-needle aspiration biopsy of metastatic lymph nodes after rhTSH stimulation

Head and Neck

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cappelli, Carlo ^a   Pirola, Ilenia ^a   De Martino, Elvira ^a   Gandossi, Elena ^a   Cimino, Elena ^a   Samoni, Francesca ^a   Agosti, Barbara ^a   Rosei, Enrico Agabiti ^a   Casella, Claudio ^a   Castellano, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cancer; cytology; rhTSH; thyroglobulin; thyroid

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; RECOMBINANT THYROTROPIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84871189177     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21796     Document Type: Article

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