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Somatotrophinomas in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1: a review of clinical phenotype and insulin-like growth factor-1 levels in a large multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 kindred.
The American journal of medicine - 1 May 1996
Burgess J R, Shepherd J J, Parameswaran V, Hoffman L, Greenaway T M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Within the spectrum of pituitary disease in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1), widely disparate prevalence rates for somatotrophinomas have been described. Studies that combine multiple, small MEN-1 kindreds report pituitary disease in 60% to 65% of patients, somatotrophinomas accounting for 27% to 37% of total pituitary lesions. However, reports based on large MEN-1 family screening programs...
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