Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Dyslipidemia is a common finding in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and together with hypertension and glucose intolerance seems to be responsible by the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in hyperparathyroid patients. In the present work we studied members of a family harboring a MEN1 gene mutation (type 1 multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome). The penetrance of primary hyperparathyroidism in this condition is close to 100%, starting usually dur...