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Mutation screening of RET proto-oncogene in a family with medullary thyroid carcinoma, marfanoid habitus and pheochromocytoma; from clinically MEN2B to genetically MEN2A syndrome

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    Shirin Hasani-Ranjbar & Mahsa M. Amoli

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Hasani-Ranjbar, S., Amoli, M.M. Mutation screening of RET proto-oncogene in a family with medullary thyroid carcinoma, marfanoid habitus and pheochromocytoma; from clinically MEN2B to genetically MEN2A syndrome. Endocrine 42, 220–221 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-012-9610-6

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