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Familial Endocrine Conditions

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Endocrine diseases most commonly occur in a sporadic manner but may have a hereditary background and be part of a complex syndrome. A variety of familial endocrine conditions exist such as the Carney complex [1], the Cowden syndrome [2], the von Hippel-Lindau syndrome [3], the hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome [4], and the pheochromocytoma–paraganglioma syndrome [5] (Table 43.1).

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