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[AIP mutations in familial and sporadic pituitary adenomas: local experience and review of the literature].
Endocrinologia y nutricion : organo de la Sociedad Espanola de Endocrinologia y Nutricion - 1 Jan 2000
Fajardo-Montañana Carmen, Daly Adrian F, Riesgo-Suárez Pedro, Gómez-Vela José, Tichomirowa María A, Camara-Gómez Rosa, Beckers Albert
Abstract excerpt
Clinically relevant pituitary adenomas occur 3-5 times more frequently than previously thought. The majority are isolated cases, but their presentation can be familial in the setting of known syndromes such as multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)-1 and Carney complex. When 2 or more cases of pituitary adenomas occur in the same family in the absence of the above-mentioned syndromes, a diagnosis of FIPA (familial...
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