RET codon 634 mutations in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2: variable clinical features and clinical outcome.

Abstract excerpt

Since the establishment of a protocol for molecular analysis of hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in southern Brazil, in 1997, 17 independent families with RET germline mutation have been identified. Because neither molecular diagnosis nor the pentagastrin test were available before the establishment of this protocol, we had the opportunity to observe a large number of patients in whom the disease has...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Codon
• Share to Lymphatic Metastasis