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Familial isolated primary hyperparathyroidism caused by mutations of the MEN1 gene.
Nature clinical practice. Endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Jan 2008
Hannan Fadil M, Nesbit M Andrew, Christie Paul T, Fratter Carl, Dudley Nicholas E, Sadler Greg P, Thakker Rajesh V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial isolated primary hyperparathyroidism (FIHP) is an autosomal dominant disorder that can represent an early stage of either the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) or hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor (HPT-JT) syndromes; alternatively, the condition can be caused by an allelic variant of MEN1 or HRPT2 (hyperparathyroidism 2 gene), or caused by a distinct entity involving another locus. We...
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