The capacity of HIV-1 to establish latent infection of CD4 + T cells may allow viral persistence
despite immune responses and antiretroviral therapy. Measurements of infectious virus 1,2 …

Background Approximately 15 to 30% of thyroid nodules evaluated by means of fine-needle
aspiration are not clearly benign or malignant. Patients with cytologically indeterminate …

Context: Use of BRAF mutation in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) has the potential to improve
risk stratification of this cancer. Objective: The objective of the study was to investigate the …

Importance BRAF V600E is a prominent oncogene in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), but its
role in PTC-related patient mortality has not been established. Objective To investigate the …

Purpose To investigate the prognostic value of the BRAF V600E mutation and the recently
identified TERT promoter mutation chr5: 1,295,228 C> T (C228T), individually and in their …

AACE= American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists; AAES= American Association of
Endocrine Surgeons; ACC= adrenocortical carcinoma; ACE= angiotensin-converting enzyme…

Background: Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies are the cornerstone of preoperative
evaluation of thyroid nodules, but FNA diagnostic performance has varied across different …

Various methodologies for 99m Tc-sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy are in clinical use.
There are few direct comparisons between the different methods and even less evidence …

The Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Thyroid Carcinoma represent the
third set of thyroid disease management guidelines produced by the American Association of …

Thyroid nodules are common and are frequently benign. Current data suggest that the
prevalence of palpable thyroid nodules is 3% to 7% in North America; the prevalence is as high …