Association between BRAF (V600E) mutation and clinicopathological features of papillary thyroid carcinoma: a Brazilian single-centre case series

ABSTRACT Objectives: We aimed to investigate the prevalence of the BRAF (V600E) mutation in consecutive cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in patients diagnosed and treated at the Hospital Sao Rafael (Salvador, BA, Brazil) and evaluate its association with clinical and pathological characte...

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Main Authors: Danielle Pessôa-Pereira, Mateus Fernandes da Silva Medeiros, Virna Mendonça Sampaio Lima, Joaquim Custódio da Silva Jr., Taíse Lima de Oliveira Cerqueira, Igor Campos da Silva, Luciano Espinheira Fonseca Jr., Luiz José Lobão Sampaio, Cláudio Rogério Alves de Lima, Helton Estrela Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2019-03-01
Series:Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972019000200097&lng=en&tlng=en