Article
Low frequency of germline mutations in the RET proto‐oncogene in patients with apparently sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma
1 Jul 1995
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) occurs both sporadically and in the autosomal dominantly inherited multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2 syndromes. The distinction between true sporadic MTC and a new mutation familial case is important for future clinical management of both the patient and family. The susceptibility gene for MEN 2 is the RET proto-oncogene. Systematic analysis for...
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