Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISEASE THAT HAS MATERIAL BASIS IN A MUTATION IN THE MEN1 TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY OVER ACTIVE ENDOCRINE GLANDS FREQUENTLY INVOLVING TUMORS OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS, THE PITUITARY GLAND, AND THE PANCREAS
MEA Type I; MEN 1; MEN I; Wermer's syndrome; Wermer Syndrome; Multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 1; MEN1 syndrome; Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome; Wermer syndrome; MEN-1 syndrome; Men 1; Multiple endocrine neoplasia type I; MEN-1
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) is one of a group of disorders, the multiple endocrine neoplasias, that affect the endocrine system through development of neoplastic lesions in pituitary, parathyroid gland and pancreas.