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C J Lips1, M J Berends, J Brouwers-Smalbraak
1Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Results of follow-up studies in four large multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A families (total of 95 patients affected) have shown a positive effect on the course of the disease since early screening and intervention were initiated in 1974.
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