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SUBMITTER: Lon I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8397825 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Łoń Izabela I Kunikowska Jolanta J Jędrusik Piotr P Góra Jarosław J Toutounchi Sadegh S Placha Grzegorz G Gaciong Zbigniew Z
Intractable & rare diseases research 20210801 3
Familial paraganglioma may be related to mutations in succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) enzyme complex genes. Among patients with hereditary paraganglioma, SDH subunit B (SDHB) gene mutations are associated with the highest morbidity and mortality related to a higher malignancy rate. We report a family with the c.689G>A (p.Arg230His) mutation in the SDHB gene identified in two family members, a father and his daughter. While the 14-year-old daughter had no evidence of clinical disease, recurrent and ...[more]