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Genetic testing in pheochromocytoma: increasing importance for clinical decision making.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Aug 2006
Bornstein Stefan R, Gimenez-Roqueplo Anne-Paule
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are caused by germline mutations in syndrome-associated genes. This includes multiple endocrine neoplasia Type 2 (MEN 2) caused by mutations in the RET proto-oncogene, von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome due to mutations of the VHL gene, neurofibromatosis Type I (NF1) caused by mutations of the NF1 gene, and pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndromes due to mutations in...
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