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Single nucleotide polymorphisms act as modifiers and correlate with the development of medullary and simultaneous medullary/papillary thyroid carcinomas in 2 large, non-related families with the RET V804M proto-oncogene mutation.
Surgery - 1 Dec 2010
Shifrin Alexander L, Ogilvie Jennifer B, Stang Michael T, Fay Angela Musial, Kuo Yen-Hong, Matulewicz Theodore, Xenachis Cristina Z, Vernick Jerome J
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BACKGROUND: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may function as modifiers of the RET proto-oncogene, resulting in the expression of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). We present 2 non-related Italian-American families (Family 1, n = 107; Family 2, n = 31)...
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