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Rare RET Variant p.D707E in a Chinese Pedigree with Hereditary Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.
Pathobiology : journal of immunopathology, molecular and cellular biology - 1 Jan 2017
Zhang Lu, Li Xiaoyu, Li Qiyuan, Ge Shengxiang, Chen Mengyuan, Huang Shuizhen, Chen Binbin, Li Peng, Teng Bogang, Xu Jing, Zhao Shupeng, Qi Fengjie, Zhang Yongxing
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma (HMTC) is thought to be associated with germline mutations of the RET proto-oncogene. METHODS: We detected RET proto-oncogene germline mutations from a pedigree with HMTC in the east of China and investigated the characteristics of these mutations in this pedigree and their correlation with HMTC by direct sequencing of all 21 exons in the RET gene of all 46...
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