Mutation profiling in eight cases of vagal paragangliomas

• Main Authors: Anna V. Kudryavtseva (Author), Dmitry V. Kalinin (Author), Vladislav S. Pavlov (Author), Maria V. Savvateeva (Author), Maria S. Fedorova (Author), Elena A. Pudova (Author), Anastasiya A. Kobelyatskaya (Author), Alexander L. Golovyuk (Author), Zulfiya G. Guvatova (Author), George S. Razmakhaev (Author), Tatiana B. Demidova (Author), Sergey A. Simanovsky (Author), Elena N. Slavnova (Author), Andrey А. Poloznikov (Author), Andrey P. Polyakov (Author), Nataliya V. Melnikova (Author), Alexey A. Dmitriev (Author), George S. Krasnov (Author), Anastasiya V. Snezhkina (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Vagal paragangliomas (VPGLs) belong to a group of rare head and neck neuroendocrine tumors. VPGLs arise from the vagus nerve and are less common than carotid paragangliomas. Both diagnostics and therapy of the tumors raise significant challenges. Besides, the genetic and molecula...