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Sporadic Pheochromocytomas Are Rarely Associated with Germline Mutations in the<i>vhl</i>Tumor Suppressor Gene or the<i>ret</i>Protooncogene<sup>1</sup>
1 Dec 1997
Abstract excerpt
Pheochromocytoma is a tumor that may occur sporadically or may be a manifestation of a hereditary disease, such as von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) and multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2. As patients with VHL or MEN type 2 are at risk to develop multiple tumors, they must be distinguished from sporadic cases. We determined the incidence of VHL and MEN type 2 among 62 German patients diagnosed with...
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