Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A in Chinese families

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 528-

  Lo, Chung Yau ^a   Wat, Nelson M S ^a   Lam, Kin Yin ^a   Tiu, Sau Cheung ^b   Chan, John ^b   Lam, Karen S L ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; PROTEIN RET;

ADULT; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MUTATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTO ONCOGENE; SIPPLE SYNDROME; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOGENS; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 2A; MUTATION; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0345505268     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01732.x     Document Type: Letter

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