Novel potential causative genes in carotid paragangliomas

• Main Authors: Anastasiya V. Snezhkina (Author), Elena N. Lukyanova (Author), Andrew R. Zaretsky (Author), Dmitry V. Kalinin (Author), Anatoly V. Pokrovsky (Author), Alexander L. Golovyuk (Author), George S. Krasnov (Author), Maria S. Fedorova (Author), Elena A. Pudova (Author), Sergey L. Kharitonov (Author), Nataliya V. Melnikova (Author), Boris Y. Alekseev (Author), Marina V. Kiseleva (Author), Andrey D. Kaprin (Author), Alexey A. Dmitriev (Author), Anna V. Kudryavtseva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Carotid paragangliomas (CPGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors that arise from the paraganglion at the bifurcation of the carotid artery and are responsible for approximately 65% of all head and neck paragangliomas. CPGLs can occur sporadically or along with different hereditary t...