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Progression of uremic hyperparathyroidism involves allelic loss on chromosome 11.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jan 1993
Falchetti A, Bale A E, Amorosi A, Bordi C, Cicchi P, Bandini S, Marx S J, Brandi M L
Abstract excerpt
In occasional cases of secondary hyperparathyroidism, long term stimulation of the parathyroid glands leads from compensatory to autonomous hyperfunction, and thus, hypercalcemia develops. This clinical entity, named tertiary hyperparathyroidism, is possibly due to the formation of an adenoma in one of the hyperplastic glands. Previous studies have shown that parathyroid adenomas may arise with allelic loss on...
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