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Testing new susceptibility genes in the cohort of apparently sporadic phaeochromocytoma/paraganglioma patients with clinical characteristics of hereditary syndromes.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Dec 2013
Pęczkowska Mariola, Kowalska Aldona, Sygut Jacek, Waligórski Dariusz, Malinoc Angelica, Janaszek-Sitkowska Hanna, Prejbisz Aleksander, Januszewicz Andrzej, Neumann Hartmut P H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Phaeochromocytoma (PCC) and paraganglioma (PGL) can occur sporadically or as a part of familial cancer syndromes. Red flags of hereditary syndromes are young age and multifocal tumours. We hypothesized that such patients are candidates for further molecular diagnosis in case of normal results in 'classical' genes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We selected patients with PCC/PGL under the age of 40 and/or with...
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