Multiple endocrine neoplasias type 2A and thyroid medullary carcinoma: an interdisciplinary challenge
β Scribed by Frank-Martin Haecker; Daniel Oertli; Stefanie Gissler; Urs Zumsteg; Pierino Avoledo; Dietrich von Schweinitz
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-0358
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Communicated by B w e A.J. Pondei Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 [MEN 21 is an autosomal dominant cancer syndrome with two subtypes, 2A and 2B. MEN 2A and medullary thyroid cancer [MTC] are caused by >25 different point mutations in exons 10, 11, and 13 of the RET proto-oncogene, whereas MEN 2B