Analysis of BRAF point mutation and RET/PTC rearrangement refines the fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 5175-5180

  Salvatore, Giuliana ^a   Giannini, Riccardo ^b   Faviana, Pinuccia ^b   Caleo, Alessia ^a   Migliaccio, Ilenia ^a   Fagin, James A ^c   Nikiforov, Yuri E ^c   Troncone, Giancarlo ^a   Palombini, Lucio ^a   Basolo, Fulvio ^b   Santoro, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; MOLECULAR MARKER; RAF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TISSUE SLICE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 6344231395     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-032221     Document Type: Article

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