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Clinicopathological Characteristics of Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Children with Emphasis on Pubertal Status and Association with BRAFV600E Mutation.
Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology - 1 Sept 2017
Poyrazoğlu Şükran, Bundak Rüveyde, Baş Firdevs, Yeğen Gülçin, Şanlı Yasemin, Darendeliler Feyza
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) may behave differently in prepubertal children as compared to pubertal children and adults. BRAF gene activating mutations may associate with PTC by creating aberrant activation. We aimed to evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics of PTC patients with emphasis on the pubertal status and also to investigate the association of BRAFV600E mutation with disease...
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