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Genetic analyses of apparently sporadic pheochromocytomas: the Rotterdam experience.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Aug 2006
Korpershoek E, Van Nederveen F H, Dannenberg H, Petri B J, Komminoth P, Perren A, Lenders J W, Verhofstad A A, De Herder W W, De Krijger R R, Dinjens W N M
Abstract excerpt
Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) are neuroendocrine tumors of chromaffin tissue that produce catecholamines. They are usually located in the adrenal medulla, although in about 10% the tumors arise from extra-adrenal chromaffin tissue. The majority of PCCs arise sporadically, but PCCs occur also in the context of hereditary cancer syndromes. Familial PCC is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait alone or as a component...
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