Clinically Guided Genetic Screening in a Large Cohort of Italian Patients with Pheochromocytomas and/or Functional or Nonfunctional Paragangliomas

Massimo Mannelli(University of Florence), Maurizio Castellano(University of Brescia), Francesca Schiavi(University of Padua), Sébastiano Filetti(Sapienza University of Rome), Mara Giacchè(University of Brescia), Luigi Mori(University of Brescia), Viviana Pignataro(University of Padua), Gianpaolo Bernini(University of Pisa), Valentino Giaché(University of Florence), Alessandra Bacca(University of Pisa), Bernadette Biondi(Federico II University Hospital), Giovanni Corona, Giuseppe Di Trapani(Ospedaliera di Piacenza), Erika Grossrubatscher(Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda), Giuseppe Reimondo(University of Turin), Giorgio Arnaldi(Marche Polytechnic University), Gilberta Giacchetti(Marche Polytechnic University), Franco Veglio(University of Turin), Paola Loli(Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda), Annamaria Colao(Federico II University Hospital), Maria Rosaria Ambrosio(University of Ferrara), Massimo Terzolo(University of Turin), Claudio Letizia(Sapienza University of Rome), Tonino Ercolino(University of Florence), Giuseppe Opocher(University of Padua)
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
February 18, 2009
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Abstract

The aim of the study was to define the frequency of hereditary forms and the genotype/ phenotype correlations in a large cohort of Italian patients with pheochromocytomas and/or functional or nonfunctional paragangliomas.


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