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Pheochromocytoma: When to search a germline defect?
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 1 Jan 2000
Buffet Alexandre, Burnichon Nelly, Amar Laurence, Gimenez-Roqueplo Anne-Paule
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With advances in our understanding of the genetics of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGL), the answer to the question 'Should we search for a germline defect in patients diagnosed with PPGL?' has changed considerably since the end of the last century, when PPGL was thought to be inherited in only 10% of cases, because we now know that about 40% of patients carry a germline mutation in one PPGL...
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