Molecular mechanisms of RET activation in human cancer.

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Published in Ann N Y Acad Sci on June 01, 2002

Authors

Massimo Santoro1, Rosa Marina Melillo, Francesca Carlomagno, Alfredo Fusco, Giancarlo Vecchio

Author Affiliations

1: Centro di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale del CNR c/o Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Facoltá di Medicina e Chirurgia, Universitá di Napoli Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy.

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