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Impact of RET proto-oncogene analysis on the clinical management of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2.
Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - 1 Feb 2006
Toledo Sergio Pereira de Almeida, dos Santos Marcelo Augusto Cortina Gonçalves, Toledo Rodrigo de Almeida, Lourenço Delmar Muniz
Abstract excerpt
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by the presence of medullary thyroid carcinoma, primary hyperparathyroidism, and pheochromocytoma. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 is still an underdiagnosed, or late-diagnosed condition in many areas of the world. Since 1993, when the first missense RET proto-oncogene (RET) mutations were reported in MEN2, up to 46...
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