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Case Report: Pheochromocytoma and Synchronous Neuroblastoma in a Family With He...
Duarte, DB; Ferreira, L; Santos, AP; Costa, C; Lima, J; Santos, C; Afonso, M; Teixeira, MR; Carvalho, R; Cardoso, MHIntroduction: Pheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumours arising from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla or extra-adrenal sympathetic paraganglia. Recent studies have indicated that up to 40% of pheochromocytomas could be attributable to an inherited germline variant in an increasing list of susceptibility genes. Germline variants of the MYC-associated factor (MAX) gene have ...
Disseminated Well-Differentiated Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic Tumors Are Associated...
Santos, AP; Castro, C; Antunes, L; Henrique, R; Cardoso, MH; Monteiro, MPThe association of well-differentiated gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (WD GEP-NETs) with metabolic syndrome (MetS), abdominal obesity, and fasting glucose abnormalities was recently described. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the presence of MetS or any MetS individual component was also influenced by GEP-NET characteristics at diagnosis. A cohort of patients with WD GEP-NETs (n = 1...
Cuidar em parceria: cuidador informal: resultados do projecto 2009-2012
Ferreira, F; Cardoso, MH; Contente, MJ