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Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes, children, Hirschsprung's disease and RET.
Pediatric surgery international - 1 May 2008
Moore S W, Zaahl M G
Abstract excerpt
Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2 syndromes are autosomal dominant clinical associations characterized by a common clinical feature, medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). The ability to accurately predict the risk by genetic RET proto-oncogene analysis has resulted in the active follow-up of children at risk for developing early metastatic tumours and which can be prevented by prophylactic thyroidectomy. The...
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