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Familial carotid body tumors in patients with SDHD mutations: a case series.
Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - 1 Jan 2000
Kapoor Nitin, Pai Rekha, Ebenazer Andrew, Sen Indrani, Stephen Edwin, Agarwal Sunil, Paul M J, Rajaratnam Simon
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe a family with hereditary paraganglioma due to a disease-causing mutation in the SDHD gene. METHODS: We present the clinical findings, diagnostic test results, treatment, and genetic test results in a family with hereditary paraganglioma. RESULTS: Three siblings with bilateral carotid body tumors presented at different time points and with varied clinical presentations. While the proband, a...
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