BioMed Research International
Volume 2018 (2018), Article ID 2582179, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/2582179
BRAF 1799T>A Mutation Frequency in Mexican Mestizo Patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer
1Unidad de Genética, Hospital General de México, Dr. Balmis 148, Cuauhtémoc, 06720 México City, Mexico
2Servicio de Cirugía, Hospital General de México, Dr. Balmis 148, Cuauhtémoc, 06720 México City, Mexico
3Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 México City, Mexico
4Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior de Medicina-IPN, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón s/n, Miguel Hidalgo, 11340 México City, Mexico
5Catedrático CONACyT, Unidad de Investigación Médica en Epidemiología Clínica, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Av. Cuauhtémoc 330, Cuauhtémoc, 06270 México City, Mexico
Correspondence should be addressed to Fernando Fernández-Ramírez; xm.manu.saicneic@zednanreff
Received 1 December 2017; Revised 19 February 2018; Accepted 22 February 2018; Published 2 April 2018
Academic Editor: Salvatore Gallone
Copyright © 2018 Fernando Fernández-Ramírez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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