Succinate dehydrogenase gene mutations in cardiac paragangliomas

V.L. Martucci, A. Emaminia, J. del Rivero, R.M. Lechan, B.T. Magoon, A. Galia, T. Fojo, S. Leung, R. Lorusso, C. Jimenez, B.L. Shulkin, J.L. Audibert, K.T. Adams, D.R. Rosing, A. Vaidya, R.G. Dluhy, K.A. Horvath, K. Pacak*

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Abstract

Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are chromaffin cell tumors arising from neuroendocrine cells. At least 1/3 of paragangliomas are related to germline mutations in 1 of 17 genes. Although these tumors can occur throughout the body, cardiac paragangliomas are very rare, accounting for
Original languageEnglish
JournalAmerican Journal of Cardiology
Volume115
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015

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