The ret/PTC1 rearrangement is a common feature of Chernobyl-associated papillary thyroid carcinomas from Belarus

Thyroid

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-139

  Pisarchik, A V ^a   Ermak, G ^b   Fomicheva, V ^a   Kartel, N A ^a   Figge, J ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND CYTOLOGY   (Belarus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d St Peter's Hospital Albany   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELARUS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC LINKAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0031940358     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1998.8.133     Document Type: Article

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