RET/PTC rearrangement is prevalent in follicular Hürthle cell carcinomas.

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Published in Histopathology on July 17, 2012

Authors

Margriet M de Vries1, Ricardo Celestino, Patricia Castro, Catarina Eloy, Valdemar Máximo, Jacqueline E van der Wal, John T M Plukker, Thera P Links, Robert M W Hofstra, Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, Paula Soares

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Genetics, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

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