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Screening for MEN1 tumor suppressor gene mutations in sporadic pituitary tumors.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 May 2000
Evans C O, Brown M R, Parks J S, Oyesiku N M
Abstract excerpt
The molecular pathogenesis of the majority of sporadic pituitary tumors is largely unknown. Pituitary adenomas can develop sporadically or as a part of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1). The MEN1 is thought to be a tumor suppressor gene based on loss of heterozygosity (LOH) for polymorphic markers on 11q13 in tumors of the pancreas, parathyroid, and pituitary. Most patients with familial and sporadic...
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