An update on medullary carcinoma thyroid
Medullary thyroid carcinoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor arising from parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland. It occurs in both hereditary and sporadic forms which are associated with the gain of function mutations in rearranged during transfection proto-oncogene on chromosome 10q11.2. There ar...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Head & Neck Physicians and Surgeons |
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Online Access: | http://www.jhnps.org/article.asp?issn=2347-8128;year=2019;volume=7;issue=2;spage=45;epage=51;aulast=Raam |