Article
Presence of the 918 mutation in the RET proto-oncogene in a Mexican patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B.
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR - 1 Jun 1998
Hidalgo A, Medrano M E, Rodrìguez S, Franco C, Martinez I, Benítez L, Salcedo M
Abstract excerpt
The dominantly inherited Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia cancer syndrome type 2B (MEN2B) is characterized by the presence of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), phaechromocytoma (PHAEO), mucosal neuromas, ganglioneuromas of the intestinal tract, skeletal and ophthalmic abnormalities. MEN2B has been a...
Topics
- Adult
- DNA
- DNA Restriction Enzymes
- Drosophila Proteins
- Electrophoresis
- Female
- Humans
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2b
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Proto-Oncogene Mas
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
