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Variable expressivity of familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC) due to a RET V804M (GTG-->ATG) mutation.
Surgery - 1 Jul 2000
Feldman G L, Edmonds M W, Ainsworth P J, Schuffenecker I, Lenoir G M, Saxe A W, Talpos G B, Roberson J, Petrucelli N, Jackson C E
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BACKGROUND: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) and familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC) are autosomal dominantly inherited cancer syndromes that predispose to C-cell hyperplasia and MTC. MEN 2A and FMTC are caused by mutations in the RET proto-oncogene. METHODS: We used a multiplex polymerase chain reaction-based assay to screen exons 10, 11, 13, and 14 of RET for mutations in 2 families with...
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