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AIP mutations and gigantism.
Annales d'endocrinologie - 1 Jun 2017
Rostomyan Liliya, Potorac Iulia, Beckers Pablo, Daly Adrian F, Beckers Albert
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AIP mutations are rare in sporadic acromegaly but they are seen at a higher frequency among certain specific populations of pituitary adenoma patients (pituitary gigantism cases, familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) kindreds, and patients with macroadenomas who are diagnosed ≤30 years). AIP mutations are most prevalent in patients with pituitary gigantism (29% of this group were found to have mutations in...
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