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Lack of MEN1 gene mutations in 27 sporadic insulinomas.
European journal of clinical investigation - 1 Apr 2000
Cupisti K, Höppner W, Dotzenrath C, Simon D, Berndt I, Röher H D, Goretzki P E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1) is an autosomal dominant familial cancer syndrome characterized by tumours of the parathyroids, anterior pituitary gland and endocrine pancreas. Since the cloning of the MEN1 gene (encoding menin) on chromosome 11q13 by Chandrasekharappa et al. in 1997, it has become possible to identify mutations that are responsible. We examined whether MEN1 gene mutations...
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