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Difference in development of medullary thyroid carcinoma among carriers of RET mutations in codons 790 and 791.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Aug 2008
Frank-Raue Karin, Machens Andreas, Scheuba Christian, Niederle Bruno, Dralle Henning, Raue Friedhelm
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OBJECTIVES: Hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is caused by germ-line mutations in the RET proto-oncogene. Our study addresses the difference in development of MTC between rare mutations in RET codons 790, 791 and 804. DESIGN: We evaluated tumour stage, calcitonin levels, biochemical cure rates and associated endocrinopathies in 153 German/Austrian patients with RET 790 (n = 47), 791 (n = 56) and 804...
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