Genetics of parathyroid tumours

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), due to parathyroid tumours, may occur as part of a complex syndrome or as an isolated (non-syndromic) disorder, and both forms can occur as familial (i.e. hereditary) or non-familial (i.e. sporadic) disease. Syndromic PHPT includes multiple endocrine neoplasia (M...