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Prevalence and spectrum of SDHx mutations in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma in patients from Belgium: an update.
Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme - 1 May 2012
Persu A, Lannoy N, Maiter D, Mendola A, Montigny P, Oriot P, Vinck W, Garin P, Hamoir M, Vikkula M
Abstract excerpt
Since the early 2000s, the prevalence and spectrum of mutations in genes encoding subunits of succinate dehydrogenase (SDHx) were reported in large cohorts of patients with pheochromocytoma (PC) and paraganglioma (PGL) from most Western countries. Unfortunately, in Belgium, no equivalent work was performed thus far. Therefore, the aim of the work was to look for mutations in SDHx genes and genotype-phenotype...
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