Family screening in medullary thyroid carcinoma presenting without a family history

Autor: B A, Ponder, N, Finer, R, Coffey, C L, Harmer, M, Maisey, M G, Ormerod, M E, Pembrey, M A, Ponder, P, Rosswick, S, Shalet
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: The Quarterly journal of medicine. 67(252)
ISSN: 0033-5622
Popis: Systematic screening of the families of a series of 39 patients with apparently sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma detected seven new cases in four families. A negative family history in a patient presenting with medullary thyroid carcinoma is not reliable in excluding familial disease, and family screening should be considered for new patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma.
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