Genetic markers to discriminate benign and malignant thyroid nodules with undetermined cytology in an area of borderline iodine deficiency

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 754-759

  Tonacchera, M ^a   Agretti, P ^a   Rago, T ^a   De Marco, G ^a   Niccolai, F ^a   Molinaro, A ^a   Scutari, M ^a   Candelieri, A ^b   Conforti, D ^b   Musmanno, R ^b   Di Coscio, G ^a   Basolo, F ^a   Iacconi, P ^a   Miccoli, P ^a   Pinchera, A ^a   Vitti, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Follicular proliferation; Genetic markers; Real time PCR; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 84869238502     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/8012     Document Type: Article

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