Family with graves disease, multinodular goiter, nonmedullary thyroid carcinoma, and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-33

  Druker, Harriet A ^a   Kasprzak, Lidia ^a   Bégin, Louis R ^a   Jothy, Serge ^a   Narod, Steven A ^b   Foulkes, William D ^a,c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family studies; Multinodular goiter; Nonmedullary thyroid cancer; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; RISK FACTORS; THYMOMA; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030982481     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19971003)72:1<30::AID-AJMG6>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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