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Mutations in the cysteine-rich region of the RET proto-oncogene in patients diagnosed as having sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma.
Endocrine journal - 1 Aug 1995
Kimura T, Yoshimoto K, Yokogoshi Y, Saito S
Abstract excerpt
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and pheochromocytoma appear in either a sporadic or a hereditary form as components of multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN). Many germline mutations of the RET proto-oncogene have been reported in patients with MEN 2A and 2B, and familial MTC (FMTC). To elucidate t...
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