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Human genes for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B [DOID:10016]

A multiple endocrine neoplasia characterized by medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, multiple mucosal neuromas and intestinal ganglioneuromas, and often a marfanoid habitus and other skeletal abnormalities.

Synonyms:  multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B,  DOID:10016,  MEN2B,  MEN type IIB,  mucosal neuroma syndrome ...

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The disease-gene associations are derived from automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, manually curated database annotations, cancer mutation data, and genome-wide association studies. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Sune Frankild, Alexander Junge, Albert Pallejà, Dhouha Grissa, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.