QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF RET PROTOONCOGENE MUTATIONS CAUSING THE SECOND TYPE OF MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA SYNDROME IN LITHUANIA
Linas Juodelė Abstract Introduction. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) is a rare syndrome, inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, characterized by combination of medullary thyroid carcinoma with pheochromacytoma, tumors of the parathyroid glands and more rare tumors. Therefore, up till now there are no data about RET protooncogene mutations causing MEN2 syndrome in Lithuania.…