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Hereditary medullary thyroid cancer in Slovenia--genotype-phenotype correlations.
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift - 1 Jul 2006
Bergant Damijan, Hocevar Marko, Besic Nikola, Glavac Damjan, Korosec Branka, Caserman Simon
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BACKGROUND: Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a rare endocrine tumor that may be sporadic or inherited in settings of MEN2A, MEN2B and FMTC. Germline point mutations in the RET proto-oncogene are responsible for tumor occurrence, inheritance and great clinical variability. The aim of this study w...
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