Article
Homozygotes for the autosomal dominant neoplasia syndrome (MEN1).
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 1993
Brandi M L, Weber G, Svensson A, Falchetti A, Tonelli F, Castello R, Furlani L, Scappaticci S, Fraccaro M, Larsson C
Abstract excerpt
Families in which both parents are heterozygotes for the same autosomal dominant neoplasia syndrome are extremely unusual. Recently, we had the unique opportunity to evaluate three symptomatic siblings from the union between two unrelated individuals affected by multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1). When the three siblings and their parents and relatives were genotyped for 12 markers tightly linked to the...
Topics
- Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms
- Adult
- Aged
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Homozygote
- Humans
