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Parafibromin mutations in hereditary hyperparathyroidism syndromes and parathyroid tumours.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Mar 2006
Bradley K J, Cavaco B M, Bowl M R, Harding B, Cranston T, Fratter C, Besser G M, Conceição Pereira M, Davie M W J, Dudley N, Leite V, Sadler G P, Seller A, Thakker R V
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate two patients with the hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour (HPT-JT) syndrome and three patients with familial isolated hyperparathyroidism (FIHP), together with 31 parathyroid tumours (2 HPT-JT, 2 FIHP and 27 sporadic) for HRPT2 mutations. The HPT-JT syndrome and FIHP are autosomal dominant disorders that may be caused by abnormalities of the HRPT2 gene, located on chromosome 1q31.2. HRPT2...
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