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Genetics and clinical characteristics of hereditary pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Dec 2011
Welander Jenny, Söderkvist Peter, Gimm Oliver
Abstract excerpt
Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) and paragangliomas (PGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors of the adrenal glands and the sympathetic and parasympathetic paraganglia. They can occur sporadically or as a part of different hereditary tumor syndromes. About 30% of PCCs and PGLs are currently believed to be caused by germline mutations and several novel susceptibility genes have recently been discovered. The clinical...
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