Periostin expression and its supposed roles in benign and malignant thyroid nodules: an immunohistochemical study of 105 cases

• Main Authors: Kimihide Kusafuka (Author), Masaru Yamashita (Author), Tomohiro Iwasaki (Author), Chinatsu Tsuchiya (Author), Aki Kubota (Author), Kazuki Hirata (Author), Akinori Murakami (Author), Aya Muramatsu (Author), Kazumori Arai (Author), Makoto Suzuki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Thyroid tumors are often difficult to histopathologically diagnose, particularly follicular adenoma (FA) and follicular carcinoma (FC). Papillary carcinoma (PAC) has several histological subtypes. Periostin (PON), which is a non-collagenous extracellular matrix molecule, has been...