Article
Genotype-phenotype correlation in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2: report of the International RET Mutation Consortium.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Oct 1995
Mulligan L M, Marsh D J, Robinson B G, Schuffenecker I, Zedenius J, Lips C J, Gagel R F, Takai S I, Noll W W, Fink M
Abstract excerpt
The International RET Mutation Consortium was first convened as part of the Fifth International Workshop on Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Stockholm, Sweden, in an attempt to analyse the relationship of RET mutation and disease phenotype in the autosomal dominantly inherited multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) syndromes. Out of 361 families studied, 41% had MEN 2A, 17.7% MEN 2B, 6.4% FMTC and the remaining...
Topics
- Carcinoma, Medullary
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2b
- Phenotype
- Point Mutation
- Proto-Oncogenes
