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Mutational Analysis in Pediatric Thyroid Cancer and Correlations with Age, Ethnicity, and Clinical Presentation.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Feb 2016
Nikita Maria Eleni, Jiang Wen, Cheng Shih-Min, Hantash Feras M, McPhaul Michael J, Newbury Robert O, Phillips Susan A, Reitz Richard E, Waldman Frederic M, Newfield Ron S
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BACKGROUND: Well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC) incidence in pediatrics is rising, most being papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of different mutations in pediatric WDTC and correlate the genotype with the clinical phenotype. METHODS: This is a single-center retrospective study. Thyroid tissue blocks from 42 consecutive pediatric WDTC patients who...
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