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SUBMITTER: Elston MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4516819 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Elston Marianne S MS Meyer-Rochow Goswin Y GY Dray Michael M Swarbrick Michael M Conaglen John V JV
Case reports in endocrinology 20150714
Individuals presenting with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) at a young age commonly have an underlying germline gene mutation in one of the following genes: MEN1, CASR, or CDC73. A small number of families with primary hyperparathyroidism have been identified with germline mutations in CDKN1B and those patients with primary hyperparathyroidism have almost exclusively been women who present in middle age suggesting that the age of onset of PHPT in MEN4 may be later than that of MEN1. We presen ...[more]