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Experience of prophylactic thyroidectomy in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A kindreds with RET codon 804 mutations.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Dec 2005
Learoyd Diana L, Gosnell Jessica, Elston Marianne S, Saurine Tricia J, Richardson Anne-Louise, Delbridge Leigh W, Aglen John V, Robinson Bruce G
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OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN: Genetic screening in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) has led to specific management guidelines based on genotype-phenotype analysis. However, there is controversy regarding the appropriate age for prophylactic thyroidectomy in families with mutations in codon 804...
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