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RET haplotype, not linked to the C620R activating mutation, associated with Hirschsprung disease in a novel MEN2 family.
Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - 1 Jan 2012
Quedas Elisangela P S, Longuini Viviane C, Sekiya Tomoko, Coutinho Flavia L, Toledo Sergio P A, Tannuri Uenis, Toledo Rodrigo A
Abstract excerpt
Hirschsprung disease is a congenital form of aganglionic megacolon that results from cristopathy. Hirschsprung disease usually occurs as a sporadic disease, although it may be associated with several inherited conditions, such as multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2. The rearranged during transfection (RET) proto-oncogene is the major susceptibility gene for Hirschsprung disease, and germline mutations in RET have...
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