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Familial paragangliomas: case report and literature review.
Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - 1 Jan 2000
Vijan Sandeep S, Ibrahim Zuhaib, Thompson Geoffrey B, Schaff Hartzell V, Young William F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of a woman with poorly controlled hypertension who was found to have multiple paragangliomas and mutation in the B subunit of succinate dehydrogenase (mitochondrial complex II). METHODS: The pathogenesis of familial paragangliomas and case management are discussed, and the relevant literature is reviewed. RESULTS: In a 68-year-old woman with a long-term history of hypertension,...
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