An analysis of surveillance screening for SDHB-related disease in childhood and adolescence

An analysis of surveillance screening for SDHB-related disease in childhood and adolescence

Objective: Phaeochromocytomas (PCC) and paragangliomas (PGL) are rare in children. A large proportion of these are now understood to be due to underlying germline mutations. Here we focus on succinate dehydrogenase subunit B (SDHB) gene mutation carriers as these tumours carry a high risk of maligna...

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Main Authors: Nicola Tufton, Lucy Shapiro, Anju Sahdev, Ajith V Kumar, Lee Martin, William M Drake, Scott A Akker, Helen L Storr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bioscientifica 2019-02-01
Series:Endocrine Connections
Subjects:
SDHB
childhood
paediatric
adolescents
screening
surveillance
imaging
Online Access:https://ec.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/ec/8/3/EC-18-0522.xml

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