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RET Gene Analysis in Patients with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2016
Kheiroddin Parastoo, Rasihashemi Seyed-Ziaeddin, Estiar Mehrdad-Asghariari, Mahmudian Babak, Halimi Monireh, Mousavi Fatemeh, Nemati Masoumeh, Sakhinia Ebrahim
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BACKGROUND: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a neuroendocrine tumor from the para follicular C cells of the thyroid gland. It occurs either sporadically or as part of an inherited syndrome. It is caused by an autosomal dominant mutation in the RET (Rearranged during Transfection) proto-oncogene. METHODS: The studied population consisted of 47 patients diagnosed with MTC in a specific population of northwest...
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