TY - BOOK AU - Nesreen Hassan Hafez AU - Amal Refaat , AU - Bahiga Elmoursi , AU - Iman Adel Abdelmonem , TI - Diagnostic value of galectin-3,DPP IV, and morphometric study in differentiation of fine needle aspirates of follicular thyroid neoplasms / PY - 2007/// CY - Cairo : PB - Nesreen Hassan Hafez , KW - Immunocytochemistry KW - Thyroid cytology KW - Ultrasonography N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - National Cancer Institute - Department of Oncology(Pathology); Issued also as CD N2 - Fine needle aspiration cytology of the thyroid gland is commonly considered the most accurate and cost effective diagnostic procedure.It is a minimally invasive procedure that plays a vital role planning the management of the thyroid nodules.However,the main limition of FNAC is inability to distinguish follicular adenoma from well differentiated follicular carcinoma, as the distinction is based on histological rather than cytological criteria UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -