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Genetic aspects of nonchromaffin paraganglioma

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This paper surveys the literature on familial nonchromaffin paragangliomas and presents the results of a study of a family with 295 living members.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, St. Radboud Hospital, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Frank van Baars, Cor Cremers & Paul van den Broek

  2. Department of Human Genetics, St. Radboud Hospital, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Sipke Geerts

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jan Veldman

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van Baars, F., Cremers, C., van den Broek, P. et al. Genetic aspects of nonchromaffin paraganglioma. Hum Genet 60, 305–309 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00569208

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