Serum antithyroglobulin antibodies interfere with thyroglobulin detection in fine-needle aspirates of metastatic neck nodes in papillary thyroid carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-160

  Jeon, Min Ji ^a   Park, Jee Won ^a   Han, Ji Min ^a   Yim, Ji Hye ^a   Song, Dong Eun ^a   Gong, Gyungyub ^a   Kim, Tae Yong ^a   Baek, Jung Hwan ^a   Lee, Jeong Hyun ^a   Shong, Young Kee ^a   Kim, Won Bae ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARCINOMA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872093052     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-2369     Document Type: Article

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