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The genetic basis of pheochromocytoma: who to screen and how?

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Several of the studies described in this paper were supported by grant AOM 02 068 from the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Délégation à la Recherche Clinique for the COMETE (COrtico et MEdullo-surrenale: les Tumeurs Endocrines) network, and by the GIS-Institut des Maladies Rares for the PGL.NET network.

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Plouin, PF., Gimenez-Roqueplo, AP. The genetic basis of pheochromocytoma: who to screen and how?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2, 60–61 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0097

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