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MeSH Supplementary: Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma
Unique ID: C536911
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/C536911
Entry Term(s): Medullary thyroid cancer, familial; Thyroid Carcinoma, Familial Medullary; Thyroid cancer, familial medullary
Heading Mapped to: *Thyroid Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Medullary / congenital; *Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a
Frequency: 113
Note: A malignant tumor of the CALCITONIN - secreting parafollicular C cells of the THYROID that occurs sporadically or as a component of the MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA (MEN) type 2 (OMIM: 171400)/familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC) syndromes. Germline mutations in the RET and NTRK1 genes have been identified. OMIM: 155240
Date of Entry: 2010/08/25
Revision Date: 2015/08/18

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