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Published in final edited form as: Growth Horm IGF Res. 2016 Aug 10;30-31:37–41. doi: 10.1016/j.ghir.2016.08.002

Table 1.

Nonstandard abbreviations, acronyms and definitions

3PA: pituitary adenoma association

AC: adenyl cyclase

CNC: Carney complex

FIPA: familial isolated pituitary adenoma

GPCRs: G protein-coupled receptors

MAS: McCune-Albright syndrome

MEN: Multiple endocrine neoplasia

NF1: neurofibromatosis 1

PKA: protein kinase A

PPNAD: primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease

PRKAR1A: protein kinase A regulatory subunit type 1

SOCS: suppressors of cytokine signaling

X-LAG: X-linked acrogigantism