Galectin-3 immunostaining in thyroid neoplasms Imunomarcação por galectina-3 em neoplasias de tireóide

• Main Authors: Marcos Emanuel de Alcântara Segura (Author), Albino Verçosa de Magalhães (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2005-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of the thyroid gland is the most important presurgical proceeding in defining the malignancy of a nodular lesion, it has limitations such as shared cytological morphology between malignant and benign lesions. Galectin-3, a b-galactoside-binding lectin is...