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Non-islet origin of pancreatic islet cell tumors.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Apr 2004
Vortmeyer Alexander O, Huang Steve, Lubensky Irina, Zhuang Zhengping
Abstract excerpt
The histogenesis of pancreatic islet cell tumors was investigated by morphological identification of putative precursor lesions in pancreatic tissue from patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), tissue microdissection, and genetic analysis. MEN1 mutation and absence of the MEN1 wild-type allele in different precursor lesions strongly suggest that pancreatic islet cell tumors are derived from the...
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