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[Neural crest and multiple endocrinopathies].
Comptes rendus des seances de la Societe de biologie et de ses filiales - 1 Jan 1996
Pasini A, Michiels F M, Chappuis-Flament S, Geneste O, Rossel M, Fournier L, Feunteun J, Lenoir G, Schuffenecker I, Billaud M
Abstract excerpt
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) is a cancer syndrome which comprises three related disorders, MEN type 2A (MEN 2A), type 2B (MEN 2B) and familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC), MEN 2A is characterized by the association of MTC, a tumour arising from thyroid C-cells, pheochromocytoma and parathyroid hyperplasia. In addition to the thyroid cancer, MEN 2B associates pheochromocytoma, mucosal...
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