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[Medullary thyroid carcinoma: the comparison of the hereditary and sporadic types of cancer].
Endokrynologia Polska - 1 Jan 2000
Wygoda Zbigniew, Oczko-Wojciechowska Małgorzata, Gubała Elzbieta, Pawlaczek Agnieszka, Kula Dorota, Wiench Małgorzata, Włoch Jan
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INTRODUCTION: The assessment of frequency and type of mutation and differences in prognosis between sporadic and hereditary type of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), based on own DNA analysis, was performed. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The group of 190 persons with hereditary MTC or asymptomatic mutation carriers was analyzed. Patients with sporadic MTC without RET gene mutation were included into control group (708...
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