[Because the RET protooncogene, the major susceptibility gene for HD, also plays a role in normal kidney development and in the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 cancer syndrome, we analyzed our patient's constitutional DNA for mutations in RET commonly found in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE