Page 1 Correlation between BRAF mutation and the clinicopathological parameters in papillary thyroid carcinoma with particular reference to follicular variant 1 Robert Anthony Smith, BSc (Hon), PhD 1 Ali Salajegheh, MD 1 Stephen Weinstein, MBBS, FRCPA 1 Mohammad Nassiri, BSc, PhD 1 Alfred King-yin Lam, MBBS, PhD, MD, FRCPA 1 Department of Pathology, Griffith Medical School, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Correspondence, page proof and requests for reprints to: Professor Alfred Lam, Head of Pathology, Griffith Medical School, Gold Coast Campus, Gold Coast QLD 4222, Australia. a.lam@griffith.edu.au Telephone +61 7 56780718 Fax +61 7 56780708 Running title: BRAF in thyroid carcinoma