Biochemically silent abdominal paragangliomas in patients with mutations in the succinate dehydrogenase subunit B gene

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4826-4832

  Timmers, Henri J L M ^a,c,e   Pacak, Karel ^a   Huynh, Thanh T ^a   Abu Asab, Mones ^a   Tsokos, Maria ^a   Merino, Maria J ^a   Baysal, Bora E ^b   Adams, Karen T ^a   Eisenhofer, Graeme ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; METADRENALIN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE SUBUNIT B; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 57349179033     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-1093     Document Type: Article

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