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A novel 9-base pair duplication in RET exon 8 in familial medullary thyroid carcinoma.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 May 1999
Pigny P, Bauters C, Wemeau J L, Houcke M L, Crepin M, Caron P, Giraud S, Calender A, Buisine M P, Kerckaert J P, Porchet N
Abstract excerpt
Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC) and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A syndromes are dominantly inherited diseases caused by activating germline mutations of the RET protooncogene. The majority of these patients carry a germline point mutation affecting one of five cysteine residues encoded by exon 10 (codon 609, 611, 618, or 620) or 11 (codon 634). In a few FMTC families, point mutations involving...
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