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Familial small-intestine carcinoids: Chromosomal alterations and germline inositol polyphosphate multikinase sequencing.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jan 2017
de Mestier Louis, Pasmant Eric, Fleury Clémence, Brixi Hedia, Sohier Pierre, Féron Thomas, Diebold Marie-Danièle, Clauser Eric, Cadiot Guillaume
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial small-intestine neuroendocrine tumors (SI-NETs) are an exceptional inherited entity. Underlying predisposing mechanisms are unelucidated, but inositol polyphosphate multikinase (IPMK) gene alterations might promote their tumorigenesis. METHODS: A retrospective-prospective nationwide cohort was constituted, by including patients with proven SI-NETs and at least one relative with the same...
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