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Contribution of genetic analysis in screening for MEN1 among patients with sporadic disease and one or more typical manifestation.
Annales d'endocrinologie - 1 Dec 2006
Odou M-F, Cardot-Bauters C, Vantyghem M-C, Carnaille B, Leteurtre E, Pigny P, Verier-Mine O, Desailloud R, Porchet N
Abstract excerpt
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is an autosomal dominant hereditary syndrome (OMIM 131100) due to MEN1 gene mutations, predisposing to the development of hyperplasic and tumoral lesions of neuroendocrine tissues. Since the identification of the gene in 1997, more than 400 different mutations of MEN1 have been registered. Genotypic analysis of MEN1 remains fastidious and must be reserved to targeted...
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