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Analysis of the RET proto-oncogene in sporadic parathyroid adenomas.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Oct 1996
Williams G H, Rooney S, Carss A, Cummins G, Thomas G A, Williams E D
Abstract excerpt
Missense germline mutations of the RET proto-oncogene have recently been identified in the hereditary cancer syndromes MEN2A, MEN2B, and FMTC, all characterized by medullary carcinoma, but also including phaeochromocytoma in MEN2A and MEN2B and parathyroid disease in MEN2A. In addition, somatic RET proto-oncogene mutations have been identified in a subset of sporadic medullary carcinomas and phaeochromocytomas....
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