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Disomy as the genetic underlying mechanisms of loss of heterozigosity in SDHD-paragangliomas.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 May 2013
Beristain Elena, Vicente Maria-Angeles, Guerra Isabel, Gutiérrez-Corres Francisco-Borja, Garin Intza, Perez de Nanclares Guiomar
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CONTEXT: Succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit D (SDHD) mutations cause pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome. SDHD, located at chromosome 11q23, shows a parent-of-origin effect because the disease is observed almost exclusively when the mutation is transmitted from the father, although some cases of maternal transmission have been reported. Several hypotheses have been proposed for this peculiar inheritance...
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