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Does genetic screening increase detection of familial medullary thyroid cancer in apparently sporadic cases?

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The synopsis was written by Vicky Heath, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. DL Learoyd is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medicine and BG Robinson is the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia.,

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Learoyd, D., Robinson, B. Does genetic screening increase detection of familial medullary thyroid cancer in apparently sporadic cases?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 4, 132–133 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0722

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