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Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in a 5-Year-Old Child—Case Report

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We thank Vinay Nannepaga (Meta Systems India Pvt. Ltd) for providing us with XL RET BA probe (metasystems GmbH, Germany) for the FISH analysis.

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  1. Department of Pathology, SDUMC, Kolar, Karnataka, India

    B. N. Gayathri & T. N. Suresh

  2. Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar, Karnataka, India

    A. Sagayaraj, Merchant Shuaib & S. M. Azeem Mohiyuddin

  3. Genomics and Central Research Laboratory, Research and Development Department, SDUAHER, Kolar, India

    S. Prabhakara

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Gayathri, B.N., Sagayaraj, A., Prabhakara, S. et al. Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in a 5-Year-Old Child—Case Report. Indian J Surg Oncol 5, 321–324 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-013-0282-3

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