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Genetics and molecular pathogenesis of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Feb 2013
Galan S R, Kann P H
Abstract excerpt
Although most pheochromocytomas (PCCs) and paragangliomas (PGLs) are sporadic, molecular genetic medicine has revealed that a considerable number of patients with apparently sporadic PCC actually have a genetic predisposition to the development of these tumors. After decades of intensive research, several genes are now known to play an important role in the pathogenesis of PCC. At present, these are RET...
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