A new BRAF gene mutation detected in a case of a solid variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 694-697

  Trovisco, Vítor ^a   Soares, Paula ^a,b   Soares, Ricardo ^a   Magalhães, João ^c   Sá Couto, Pedro ^c   Sobrinho Simões, Manuel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

BRAF; Oncogene; Solid variant of PTC; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 21544476746     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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