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Mutations in the RET proto-oncogene and the von Hippel-Lindau disease tumour suppressor gene in sporadic and syndromic phaeochromocytomas.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 1995
Eng C, Crossey P A, Mulligan L M, Healey C S, Houghton C, Prowse A, Chew S L, Dahia P L, O'Riordan J L, Toledo S P
Abstract excerpt
Phaeochromocytomas may occur sporadically, or as part of the inherited cancer syndromes multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2, von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL), and, rarely, in type 1 neurofibromatosis. In MEN 2, germline missense mutations have been found in one of eight codons within exons 10, 11, 13, 14, and 16 of the RET proto-oncogene. In VHL, germline mutations within one of the three exons are...
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