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Recessive transmission of a multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome in the rat.
Cancer research - 1 Jun 2002
Fritz Andreas, Walch Axel, Piotrowska Kamilla, Rosemann Michael, Schäffer Ekkehard, Weber Karin, Timper Andreas, Wildner Gerhild, Graw Jochen, Höfler Heinz, Atkinson Michael J
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We describe a novel hereditary cancer syndrome in the rat that is transmitted by a recessive gene mutation. Animals exhibiting the mutant phenotype develop multiple neuroendocrine malignancies within the first year of life. The endocrine neoplasia is characterized by bilateral adrenal pheochromocytoma, multiple extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma, bilateral medullary thyroid cell neoplasia, bilateral parathyroid...
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