Utility of including BRAF mutation analysis with ultrasonographic and cytological diagnoses in ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules

• Da Som Kim,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

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• Dong Wook Kim ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dwultra@nate.com

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9826-1326

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• Young Jin Heo,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

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• Jin Wook Baek,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4632-4951

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• Yoo Jin Lee,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

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• Hye Jung Choo,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

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• Young Mi Park,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

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• Ha Kyoung Park,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

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• Tae Kwun Ha,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7980-3700

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• Do Hun Kim,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

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• Soo Jin Jung,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-701X

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• Ji Sun Park,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

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• Ki Jung Ahn,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5163-0040

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• Hye Jin Baek,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Changwon, South Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7349-2841

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• Taewoo Kang

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Surgery (Busan Cancer Center), Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6279-0904

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