Article
Mutations in adrenocortical tumors.
Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme - 1 Jan 2000
Reincke M
Abstract excerpt
Silent and incidentally detected adrenocortical neoplasms are the most frequent abnormality of the adrenal cortex. The prevalence of these lesions in the general population is around 1%, increases with age and reaches 6% in the seventh decade of life. Primary adrenocortical carcinoma, on the othe...
Topics
- Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms
- Cytogenetics
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Humans
- Mutation
- Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
- Oncogenes