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Prevalence of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndrome probands among patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma in Lithuania
Type of publication
Konferencijų tezės nerecenzuojamame leidinyje / Conference theses in non-peer-reviewed publication (T2)
Author(s)
| Author | Affiliation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Juodelė, Linas | |||
Title
Prevalence of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndrome probands among patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma in Lithuania
Publisher (trusted)
CIC Edizioni Internationali |
Date Issued
| Date |
|---|
2010 |
Extent
p. 88-89
Is part of
MEN2010 - 12th international workshop on multiple endocrine neoplasia : abstracts : Gubbio, Italy, September 16-18, 2010 / [Editorial coordination: Enrica Tomai]. Roma : CIC Edizioni Internationali, 2010.
Field of Science
Abstract (en)
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) syndrome is a rare syndrome inherited in an autosomal dominant patern, characterized by medullary thyroid carcinoma with combinations of pheochromocytoma and (or) primary hyperparathyroidism, also other abnormalities typical of a particular subtype of the syndrome. This syndrome is caused by germline mutations of the RET proto-oncogene, with penetrance of almost 100%. According to literature data, among patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma, the MEN2 syndrome is determined even in 20-30% of patients. In lithuania genetic testing of the men 2 syndrome has been carried our only for 3 years. [...].
Type of document
type::text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper
eLABa
2947350
Coverage Spatial
Italija / Italy (IT)
Language
Anglų / English (en)