The association between BRAF V600E mutation and pathological features in PTC

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 271, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3041-3052

  Liu, Xin ^a   Yan, Kangkang ^a   Lin, Xuejun ^a   Zhao, Longyu ^a   An, Wenxiu ^a   Wang, Chunpeng ^b   Liu, Xiaodong ^c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Japan Union Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Association; BRAFV600E; Meta analysis; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Pathological features

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891429109     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-013-2872-7     Document Type: Article

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