Growing thyroid nodules with benign histology and RET rearrangement

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1081-1087

  Marotta, Vincenzo ^a   Guerra, Anna ^a   Sapio, Maria Rosaria ^a   Campanile, Elisabetta ^a   Motta, Manuela ^b   Fenzi, Gianfranco ^a   Rossi, Guido ^a   Vitale, Mario ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

FNAC; Nodular goiter; RET PTC

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; PROTEIN PATCHED; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; PROTEIN PATCHED 3; PROTEIN RET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NOTE; ONCOGENE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 78650563237     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K10E-229     Document Type: Note

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