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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type I

Background

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type I: Wermer syndrome; MEN I

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type I is a rare genetic condition associated with tumours in the endocrine glands. The age of onset of MEN I is usually in the teenage years, although symptoms may not appear for several years. In most individuals, therefore, a diagnosis of MEN I is made by the fourth decade. MEN I affects men and women equally.

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Medical text written September 2003 by Contact a Family. Approved September 2003 by Professor R V Thakker. Last updated January 2006 by Professor R V Thakkar, Head of the Molecular Endocrinology Group, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.

 

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