Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 and RET: from neoplasia to neurogenesis
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 and RET: from neoplasia to neurogenesis.
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) is an inherited cancer syndrome characterised by medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), with or without phaeochromocytoma and hyperparathyroidism. MEN 2 is unusual among cancer syndromes as it is caused by activation of a cellular oncogene, RET. Germline mutations in the gene encoding the RET receptor tyrosine kinase are found in the vast majority of MEN ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Genetics
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1468-6244
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.37.11.817