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The MEN1 gene and pituitary tumours.
Hormone research - 1 Apr 2009
Agarwal Sunita K, Ozawa Atsushi, Mateo Carmen M, Marx Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
Sporadic multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is defined as the occurrence of tumours in two of three main endocrine tissue types: parathyroid, pituitary and pancreaticoduodenal. A prolactinoma variant or Burin variant of MEN1 was found to occur in three large kindreds, with more prolactinomas and fewer gastrinomas than typical MEN1. MEN1 tumours differ from common tumours by showing features from the MEN1...
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