Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B with glaucoma associated with codon 918 mutation of the RET proto-oncogene

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 114-116

  Mashima, Yukihiko ^a   Konishi, Minako ^a   Yamada, Masakazu ^a   Imamura, Yutaka ^a   Nil, Seiji ^a   Nakamura, Yu ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Codon 918 mutation; Glaucoma; Japanese; Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B; RET proto oncogene

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CODON; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; EYELID; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE;

EID: 0031888201     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760123.x     Document Type: Article

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