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When should genetic testing be obtained in a patient with phaeochromocytoma or paraganglioma?
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Mar 2009
Erlic Zoran, Neumann Hartmut P H
Abstract excerpt
About 30% of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma patients harbour a germline mutation in one of the known susceptibility genes and in more than one-third of these patients there is no family history for these tumours. The genetic classification, risk assessment and specific management of the patients and at risk family members play an important role in preventive medicine. Distinct diagnostic or therapeutic...
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