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Clinical Profile and Mutations Associated with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia-Type1 (MEN1) and Their First-Degree Relatives at Risk of Developing MEN1: A Prospective Study.
Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme - 1 Apr 2021
Shyamasunder Asha Hesarghatta, Pai Rekha, Ramamoorthy Hemalatha, Sakhti Dhananjayan, Manipadam Marie Therese, Kapoor Nitin, Paul Thomas Vizhalil, Jebasingh Felix, Thomas Nihal, Abraham Deepak Thomas, Paul Mazhuvanchary Jacob, Chacko Ari George, Prabhu Krishna, Rajaratnam Simon
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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type-1 (MEN1) is an autosomal dominant disorder with a combined occurrence of tumours of parathyroid glands, pancreatic islets, and anterior pituitary. About 90% of these patients carry mutations in the MEN1 gene, though the spectrum is not well defined in India. Forty clinically suspected cases of MEN1 were enrolled prospectively over six years; 32 patients (23 index-cases and nine...
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