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Array-comparative genomic hybridization in sporadic benign pheochromocytomas.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Jun 2009
van Nederveen Francien H, Korpershoek Esther, deLeeuw Ronald J, Verhofstad Albert A, Lenders Jacques W, Dinjens Winand N M, Lam Wan L, de Krijger Ronald R
Abstract excerpt
Pheochromocytomas (PCC) are catecholamine-producing tumors arising from the adrenal medulla that occur either sporadically or in the context of hereditary cancer syndromes, such as multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2), von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL), neurofibromatosis type 1, and the PCC-paraganglioma syndrome. Conventional comparative genomic hybridization studies have shown loss of 1p and 3q in the...
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