Inherited medullary microcarcinoma of the thyroid: A study of 11 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 853-858

  Krueger, Jo Ellen ^a   Maitra, Anirban ^a   Albores Saavedra, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C cell hyperplasia; Inherited medullary microcarcinoma; RET protooncogene mutations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; ONCOGENE RET; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 2A; MUTATION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034081895     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200006000-00011     Document Type: Article

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