Talk:Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2

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Lincoln

i came here because of the current controversy regrding dna tests on lincoln. i gotta say 'characteristic musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal features', isn't very helpful. what are they? is unusual height among them? also, what is the incidence of this disorder in the population today,vs 1/5000 for marfan syndrome? Toyokuni3 (talk) 14:27, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I moved the whole section to here, because it needs to stop being a trivia section as well before reinsertion:Mikael Häggström (talk) 13:26, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia

In November 2007, cardiologist John G. Sotos announced his hypothesis that Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States (18611865), had MEN 2B.[1][2]

In 2006 a family in south london were diagnosed with this. Since then many of them have had thyroidectomies and other operations.

References

  1. ^ http://www.physical-lincoln.com/ The Physical Lincoln
  2. ^ Brown, David (2007-11-26). "Is Lincoln Earliest Recorded Case of Rare Disease?". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2007-11-26.