Multiple endocrine neoplasia

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Contents 1 Used for 2 See for 3 Broader Terms 4 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

mucosal neuroma syndrome, multiple endocrine adenopathy, Sipple's syndrome, Wermer syndrome

See for

MEA, MEN I, MEN II, MEN III

Broader Terms

endocrine neoplasm, genetic disorder

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• The fourth P in this multiple endocrine neoplasia is autosomal dominant with high penetrance.
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia is an inherited disease connected with mutations in ret proto-oncogene.
• Genetic susceptibility to multiple endocrine neoplasia is appropriately classified to code V84.
• (J Pediatr 1996;129:459-64) Multiple endocrine neoplasia is composed of three autosomal dominant syndromes, types I, II, and III (some forms of MEN I may be recessive), that consist of tumors or hyperplasias in several endocrine organs.
• The possible relationship between the endocrine tumor syndrome found in the vasopressin-SV40 transgenic mice and familial human multiple endocrine neoplasia is discussed.

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