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Familial pituitary adenomas.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Jul 2009
Tichomirowa M A, Daly A F, Beckers A
Abstract excerpt
The majority of pituitary adenomas occur sporadically, however, about 5% of all cases occur in a familial setting, of which over half are due to multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) and Carney's complex (CNC). Since the late 1990s we have described non-MEN1/CNC familial pituitary tumours that include all tumour phenotypes, a condition named familial isolated pituitary adenomas (FIPA). The clinical...
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