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Phaeochromocytoma in children.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Oct 2008
Armstrong R, Sridhar M, Greenhalgh K L, Howell L, Jones C, Landes C, McPartland J L, Moores C, Losty P D, Didi M
Abstract excerpt
Phaeochromocytoma is a rare clinical entity in children. Contrary to traditional teaching, which suggested that 10% of phaeochromocytomas are "familial", a germline mutation has been identified in up to 59% (27/48) of apparently sporadic phaeochromocytomas presenting at 18 years or younger and in 70% of those presenting before 10 years of age. The inherited predisposition may be attributable to a germline...
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