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Comparative Genomic Hybridization Analysis of Adrenocortical Tumors of Childhood<sup>1</sup>
1 Mar 1999
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Although several genes have been investigated in adrenal tumorigenesis, the genetic background of adrenocortical tumors (ACT) remains poorly characterized. In southern Brazil, the annual incidence of ACT is unusually high, ranging from 3.4-4.2/million children, compared with a worldwide incidence of 0.3/million children younger than 15 yr. Environmental factors have been implicated because the distribution of...
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