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A Korean family of familial medullary thyroid cancer with Cys618Ser RET germline mutation.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Feb 2010
Jung Jinhyang, Uchino Shinya, Lee Youngha, Park Hoyong
Abstract excerpt
Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC) is caused by autosomal dominant gain-of-function mutations in the RET proto-oncogene. An identifiable RET mutation can be detected in about 85% of FMTC families. The majority of germline mutations in FMTC have been found in exons 10 and 11 of the RET pr...
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