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Long-term prognosis of patients with pediatric pheochromocytoma.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Feb 2014
Bausch Birke, Wellner Ulrich, Bausch Dirk, Schiavi Francesca, Barontini Marta, Sanso Gabriela, Walz Martin K, Peczkowska Mariola, Weryha Georges, Dall'igna Patrizia, Cecchetto Giovanni, Bisogno Gianni, Moeller Lars C, Bockenhauer Detlef, Patocs Attila, Rácz Karoly, Zabolotnyi Dmitry, Yaremchuk Svetlana, Dzivite-Krisane Iveta, Castinetti Frederic, Taieb David, Malinoc Angelica, von Dobschuetz Ernst, Roessler Jochen, Schmid Kurt W, Opocher Giuseppe, Eng Charis, Neumann Hartmut P H
Abstract excerpt
A third of patients with paraganglial tumors, pheochromocytoma, and paraganglioma, carry germline mutations in one of the susceptibility genes, RET, VHL, NF1, SDHAF2, SDHA, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, TMEM127, and MAX. Despite increasing importance, data for long-term prognosis are scarce in pediatric presentations. The European-American-Pheochromocytoma-Paraganglioma-Registry, with a total of 2001 patients with confirmed...
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