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Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2.
Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2005
Peczkowska Mariola, Januszewicz Andrzej
Abstract excerpt
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) is an autosomal dominant inherited cancer syndrome. Predisposition to MEN 2 is caused by germline mutations of the RET proto-oncogene on chromosome 10q11.2 [1]. There are three clinically distinct forms of MEN 2 syndrome -- MEN 2A, familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC), and MEN 2B. In all of these subtypes, medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a key. MEN 2A is the...
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