. . . . . . . . . . . . "[Since the discovery that germ-line mutations in the RET protooncogene are responsible for the multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes types 2A and 2B, prophylactic thyroidectomy has been recommended for MEN patients to prevent medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC).]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine."@en . . . . . "2014-02-25"^^ . . "Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature."@en . "DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE"@en . "2014-10-02T12:34:55+02:00"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "v2.1.0.0" . "v2.1.0" .