Thyroid Autoimmunity and Thyroid Cancer: Review Focused on Cytological Studies

European Thyroid Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 178-186

  Boi, Francesco ^a   Pani, Fabiana ^a   Mariotti, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Thyroid cytology; TSH

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE 1; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC THYROID INFILTRATION; METASTASIS; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THYROID AUTOIMMUNITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR GROWTH; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR GROWTH; UPREGULATION;

EID: 85039851121     PISSN: 22350640     EISSN: 22350802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000468928     Document Type: Review

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