Contribution of the BRAF mutation analysis in calcified thyroid nodules

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 891-895

  Yoo, Eun Young ^a,b   Shin, Jung Hee ^a   Ko, Eun Young ^a   Han, Boo Kyung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BRAF mutation; Calcified thyroid nodule; Fine needle aspiration; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRAF GENE; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROCALCIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCALCIFICATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIM CALCIFICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84859141888     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6866     Document Type: Article

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