Dipeptidyl Aminopeptidase IV in Differential Diagnosis of Thyroid Tumors: Description of Method and Results of Pilot Study of 200 Cases

Abstract

The use of dipeptidyl aminopeptidase IV (DPP IV) staining by azo-coupling in preoperative and intraoperative diagnostics of thyroid lesions is presented.

Keywords

• dipeptidyl aminopeptidase IV
• thyroid tumors
• differential diagnosis
• aspiration cytology