The Parathyroid/Pituitary Variant of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Usually Has Causes Other than<i>p27</i><i>Kip1</i>Mutations

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CONTEXT: One variant of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is defined by sporadic tumors of both the parathyroids and pituitary. The prevalence of identified MEN1 mutations in this variant is lower than in familial MEN1 (7% vs. 90%), suggesting different causes. Recently, one case of this variant had a germline mutation of p27(Kip1)/CDKN1B. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to test p27 in germline DNA from...

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