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Paraganglioma, neuroblastoma, and a SDHB mutation: Resolution of a 30-year-old mystery.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jun 2010
Schimke R Neil, Collins Debra L, Stolle Catherine A
Abstract excerpt
Familial paraganglioma/pheochromocytoma (PGL/PCC) is genetically heterogenous with mutations in three of the four subunits of the heterotetrameric mitochondrial complex II enzyme succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) being causally responsible for the majority of cases. In addition to PGL/PCC an array of non-paraganglial tumors have been described in affected individuals. We present a 30-year follow-up on the family of a...
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