First experiences with genetic counselling based on predictive DNA diagnosis in hereditary glomus tumours (paragangliomas).

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Hereditary glomus tumour (MIM 168,000) or paraganglioma (PGL) is a slowly progressive disorder causing benign tumour growth predominantly in the head and neck region. Though benign in nature the tumours can lead to severe morbidity. Inheritance of PGL is autosomal dominant and is strongly modified by genomic imprinting; only a paternally transmitted PGL gene leads to symptoms. A gene for PGL has recently been...

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