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A family of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN 2A) with Cys630Tyr RET germline mutation: report of a case.
Endocrine journal - 1 Aug 2007
Yonekawa Hiroyuki, Sugitani Iwao, Fujimoto Yoshihide, Arai Masami, Yamamoto Noriko
Abstract excerpt
Since the majority of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN 2A) patients have missense mutations at codon 634 and those with the Cys630 RET genotype mutations are extremely rare, limited clinical information is available about this rare type. We report here three members of one Japanese MEN 2A family with the Cys630Tyr genotype. A 67-year-old woman presented a firm thyroid nodule, and preoperative examination...
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