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SUBMITTER: Hannah-Shmouni F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6289528 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hannah-Shmouni Fady F Stratakis Constantine A CA
Current opinion in endocrine and metabolic research 20180424
Pituitary adenomas in children and adolescents are rare tumors that often result from a tumor predisposition syndrome. Several inherited causes for pituitary adenomas have been identified in the last few years, including multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and 4, Carney's complex, Tuberous sclerosis, DICER1 syndrome, neurofibromatosis type 1, McCune Albright syndrome, familial isolated pituitary adenoma, and pituitary adenoma association due to defects in succinate dehydrogenase genes. Recently, ...[more]