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Mutational spectrum of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 and sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma in taiwan.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 May 2009
Chang Chin-Feng, Yang Wei-Shiung, Su Yi-Ning, Wu I-Ling, Chang Tien-Chun
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) is an autosomal dominant cancer predisposition syndrome, and > 95% of MEN 2 patients carry rearranged during transfection (RET) protooncogene mutants. We aimed to elucidate the genotype and phenotype relationship of RET proto-oncogene mutations in Taiwanese subjects with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). METHODS: We genotyped the MEN-2-associated...
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