The frequency and clinical implications of the BRAFv600E mutation in papillary thyroid cancer patients in Korea over the past two decades

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 505-513

  Hong, A Ram ^a   Lim, Jung Ah ^a,b   Kim, Tae Hyuk ^a   Choi, Hoon Sung ^a,c   Yoo, Won Sang ^a,d   Min, Hye Sook ^a   Won, Jae Kyung ^a   Lee, Kyu Eun ^a   Jung, Kyeong Cheon ^a   Park, Do Joon ^a   Park, Young Joo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^d Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BRAFV600E mutation; Papillary; Prognosis; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940661010     PISSN: 2093596X     EISSN: 20935978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3803/EnM.2014.29.4.505     Document Type: Article

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