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Clinical features of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) phenocopy without germline MEN1 gene mutations: analysis of 20 Japanese sporadic cases with MEN1.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Apr 2000
Hai N, Aoki N, Shimatsu A, Mori T, Kosugi S
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OBJECTIVE: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a familial tumour syndrome of endocrine tumours involving parathyroids, anterior pituitary and enteropancreatic neuroendocrine tissues, and is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner with high penetrance. Recently, the gene responsible for this syndrome, MEN1, was positionally cloned from chromosome 11q13. PATIENTS: To characterize sporadic MEN1 patients,...
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