Clinical prognosis in BRAF-Mutated PTC

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 736-747

  Puxeddu, Efisio ^a,b,c   Moretti, Sonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

131I ablative treatment; BRAF mutation; Iodine metabolism; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Prognostic marker; Prognostic stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348870405     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302007000500011     Document Type: Review

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