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Mutations associated with succinate dehydrogenase D-related malignant paragangliomas.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Apr 2008
Timmers Henri J L M, Pacak Karel, Bertherat Jérôme, Lenders Jacques W M, Duet Michèle, Eisenhofer Graeme, Stratakis Constantine A, Niccoli-Sire Patricia, Tran Ba Huy Patrice, Burnichon Nelly, Gimenez-Roqueplo Anne-Paule
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Hereditary paraganglioma (PGL) syndromes result from germline mutations in genes encoding subunits B, C and D of the mitochondrial enzyme succinate dehydrogenase (SDHB, SDHC and SDHD). SDHB-related PGLs are known in particular for their high malignant potential. Recently, however, malignant PGLs were also reported among a small minority of Dutch carriers of the SDHD founder mutation D92Y. The aim of...
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