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Clinical, genetic, and histopathologic investigation of CDC73-related familial hyperparathyroidism.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Dec 2008
Masi Giulia, Barzon Luisa, Iacobone Maurizio, Viel Giovanni, Porzionato Andrea, Macchi Veronica, De Caro Raffaele, Favia Gennaro, Palù Giorgio
Abstract excerpt
CDC73 (HRPT2) germline mutations are responsible for more than half of cases of hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome (HPT-JT) and for a subset of familial isolated HPT (FIHP). We performed a clinical, genetic, and histopathologic study in three unrelated Italian kindreds with HPT-JT and FIHP. We identified three germline inactivating mutations of the CDC73 gene in the probands and affected patients of the three...
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