A novel point mutation in the intracellular domain of the ret protooncogene in a family with medullary thyroid carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4176-4178

  Hofstra, Robert M W ^a   Fattoruso, Olimpia ^b   Quadro, Loredana ^b   Wu, Ying ^a   Libroia, Alfonso ^d   Verga, Uberta ^d   Colantuoni, Vittorio ^b,c   Buys, Charles H C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SIPPLE SYNDROME; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030819689     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.12.4176     Document Type: Article

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