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Familial isolated primary hyperparathyroidism due to HRPT2 mutation.
Hormones (Athens, Greece) - 1 Jan 2000
Ghemigian Adina, Ghemigian Mircea, Popescu Irina, Vija Lavinia, Petrova Eugenia, Dumitru Nicoleta, Dumitru Ioachim
Abstract excerpt
Primary hyperparathyroidism is a common endocrine disorder that is mostly caused by solitary tumors within the parathyroid glands. Characterized by early debut and higher frequency of multiple parathyroid masses, familial forms of primary hyperparathyroidism are caused by the already known mutations of: menin (MEN1 syndrome), RET proto-oncogene (MEN2 syndrome), HRPT2-parafibromin (hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor...
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