Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema as the chief manifestation of a pheochromocytoma: A case report of MEN 2A with pedigree analysis of the RET proto-oncogene

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-187

  Okada, Yuji ^a   Suchi, Mariko ^a   Takeyama, Hiromitsu ^a   Hodgson, Mark E ^a   Kato, Taiji ^a   Manabe, Tadao ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A; Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema; Pheochromocytoma; Presymptomatic diagnosis; RET proto oncogene

Indexed keywords

DNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN RET; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RET ONCOGENE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXON; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIPPLE SYNDROME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, NEOPLASM; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 2A; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; PULMONARY EDEMA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 0033143130     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.188.177     Document Type: Article

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