DNA was isolated from FNA samples using the QIAamp DNA Micro kit (Qiagen, Italy) according to the manufacturer’s protocol. The BRAF ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"NM_004333.4","term_id":"187608632","term_text":"NM_004333.4"}}NM_004333.4) status of exon 15 was assessed by direct sequencing. The primers and PCR reaction protocol have been described elsewhere (14). Exons 2 and 3 of H-RAS ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"NM_005343.2","term_id":"47117697","term_text":"NM_005343.2"}}NM_005343.2), K-RAS ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"NM_033360.2","term_id":"34485724","term_text":"NM_033360.2"}}NM_033360.2), and N-RAS ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"NM_002524.3","term_id":"185134767","term_text":"NM_002524.3"}}NM_002524.3) were analyzed by direct sequencing, as described elsewhere (15, 16).
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