Article
Role of the RET proto-oncogene in sporadic hyperparathyroidism and in hyperparathyroidism of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 1996
Pausova Z, Soliman E, Amizuka N, Janicic N, Konrad E M, Arnold A, Goltzman D, Hendy G N
Abstract excerpt
Parathyroid tumors occur either sporadically or as part of inherited syndromes such as multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) types 2A and 2B. The development of both of these familial syndromes has been related to specific germline gain-of-function mutations predominantly in exons 10 and 11 (MEN 2A)...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Drosophila Proteins
- Exons
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Hyperparathyroidism
- In Situ Hybridization
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a
