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AIP mutations in young patients with acromegaly and the Tampico Giant: the Mexican experience.
Endocrine - 1 Aug 2016
Ramírez-Rentería Claudia, Hernández-Ramírez Laura C, Portocarrero-Ortiz Lesly, Vargas Guadalupe, Melgar Virgilio, Espinosa Etual, Espinosa-de-Los-Monteros Ana Laura, Sosa Ernesto, González Baldomero, Zúñiga Sergio, Unterländer Martina, Burger Joachim, Stals Karen, Bussell Anne-Marie, Ellard Sian, Dang Mary, Iacovazzo Donato, Kapur Sonal, Gabrovska Plamena, Radian Serban, Roncaroli Federico, Korbonits Márta, Mercado Moisés
Abstract excerpt
Although aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein (AIP) mutations are rare in sporadic acromegaly, their prevalence among young patients is nonnegligible. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the frequency of AIP mutations in a cohort of Mexican patients with acromegaly with disease onset before the age of 30 and to search for molecular abnormalities in the AIP gene in teeth obtained from the...
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