title: Familial gigantism.
abstract: Familial GH-secreting tumors are seen in association with three separate hereditary clinical syndromes: multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, Carney complex, and familial isolated pituitary adenomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Sector of Endocrinology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. w.w.deherder@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Wouter W de
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Herder
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history*; D005877:Gigantism / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history*; D049912:Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / Q000235:genetics; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D018761:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology