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Isolated familial pheochromocytoma as a variant of von Hippel-Lindau disease.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Mar 1996
Ritter M M, Frilling A, Crossey P A, Höppner W, Maher E R, Mulligan L, Ponder B A, Engelhardt D
Abstract excerpt
Inherited pheochromocytomas are often part of familial syndromes, especially multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2), retinal cerebellar hemangioblastomatosis [von Hippel-Lindau (vHL) disease] or neurofibromatosis type 1. It is not clear whether isolated familial pheochromocytoma exists as a separate clinical entity. In a family with pheochromocytomas in three generations and with at least seven affected...
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