BRAF mutation in solid cell nest hyperplasia associated with papillary thyroid carcinoma. A precursor lesion?

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1029-1035

  Cameselle Teijeiro, José ^a   Abdulkader, Ihab ^a   Pérez Becerra, Raquel ^a   Vázquez Boquete, Angel ^a   Alberte Lista, Lara ^b   Ruiz Ponte, Clara ^c   Forteza, Jerónimo ^a   Sobrinho Simões, Manuel ^d,e,f  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b Hospital General   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e University of Porto   (Portugal)

^f HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

BRAF gene; Microcarcinoma; Papillary carcinoma; Solid cell nests; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; PROTEIN P63;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67349136465     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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