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Thymic neuroendocrine tumour in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1: female patients are not rare exceptions.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Feb 2013
Sakurai Akihiro, Imai Tsuneo, Kikumori Toyone, Horiuchi Kiyomi, Okamoto Takahiro, Uchino Shinya, Kosugi Shinji, Suzuki Shinichi, Suyama Keiko, Yamazaki Masanori, Sato Ai
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OBJECTIVE: Thymic neuroendocrine tumour (Th-NET) occurs in 2-5% of patients with MEN1 and has high malignant potency accompanying recurrence and distant metastasis. While Th-NET is recognized to develop predominantly in men and heavy smokers, a number of female patients have been reported in the...
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