Publications by authors named "Nilma Malik"

Differentiated thyroid cancer patients uncommonly present with bone metastasis as the initial manifestation. Their molecular profile is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the histopathology, molecular profiles, and response to radioactive iodine therapy in these patients.

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Cardiac troponins are the most sensitive and specific markers of myocardial injury. In fact, the Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology committee for the redefinition of myocardial infarction (MI) states that troponins are the preferred cardiac marker for detecting myocardial injury. For the aforementioned reasons, troponin levels are routinely ordered for patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain, dyspnea, syncope, or any other possible presentations of MI.

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