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Possible association between Carney complex and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 phenotypes.
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Nov 2008
Nunes Vania S, Chang Cláudia V, Mazeto Gláucia M F S, Marques Mariângela E A, Castro Ana Valéria B, Nogueira Célia R
Abstract excerpt
Carney Complex (CNC) and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) are forms of multiple endocrine neoplasia of dominant autosomal inheritance. Diagnosis of CNC occurs when two major criteria (lentiginoses, primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease, cardiac and cutaneous myxomas, acromegaly, testicular neoplasias, thyroid cancer) are observed and/or a major criterion associated with a supplementary...
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