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Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma.
Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progres dans les recherches sur le cancer - 1 Jan 2016
Lalloo Fiona
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About 30% of phaeochromocytomas or paragangliomas are genetic. Whilst some individuals will have clinical features or a family history of inherited cancer syndrome such as neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) or multiple endocrine neoplasia 2 (MEN2), the majority will present as an isolated case. To date, 14 genes have been described in which pathogenic mutations have been demonstrated to cause paraganglioma or...
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