Identification of a rare 3 bp BRAF gene deletion in a thyroid nodule by mutant enrichment with 3'-modified oligonucleotides polymerase chain reaction

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 238-241

  Jang, Mi Ae ^a   Lee, Seung Tae ^a   Oh, Young Lyun ^a   Kim, Sun Wook ^a   Chung, Jae Hoon ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^a   Kim, Jong Won ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BRAF; Deletion; Korean; Mutant enrichment with 3' modified oligonucleotides (MEMO) PCR; Mutation; Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861396679     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.3.238     Document Type: Article

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