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Clinical genetics of multiple endocrine neoplasias, Carney complex and related syndromes.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 May 2001
Stratakis C A
Abstract excerpt
The list of multiple endocrine neoplasias (MENs) that have been molecularly elucidated is growing with the most recent addition of Carney complex. MEN type 1 (MEN 1), which affects primarily the pituitary, pancreas, and parathyroid glands, is caused by mutations in the menin gene. MEN type 2 (MEN 2) syndromes, MEN 2A and MEN 2B that affect mainly the thyroid and parathyroid glands and the adrenal medulla, and...
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