ea0022p806 | Thyroid | ECE2010
Vlcek Petr
, Zimak Jaroslav
, Sykorova Pavla
Purpose: Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC) is an autosomal dominant inherited disease, characterized by germ-line mutations in the RET proto-oncogene, mainly in exons 10 and 11, but also in exons 13, 14 and 15. Activating germ-line mutations in the RET proto-oncogene cause the development of familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC) or medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) as a part of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndrome (MEN2).Me...