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ArticlePolish journal of radiology2016

Evaluation of Head and Neck Paragangliomas by Computed Tomography in Patients with Pheochromocytoma-Paraganglioma Syndromes.

Ilona Michałowska, Anna Lewczuk, Jarosław Ćwikła, Aleksander Prejbisz, Urszula Swoboda-Rydz, Mariusz I Furmanek, Małgorzata Szperl, Andrzej Januszewicz, Mariola Pęczkowska

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Article in Polish journal of radiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ilona MichałowskaDepartment of Radiology, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
Anna LewczukDepartment of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
Jarosław ĆwikłaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medical Science, University of Varmia and Masuria, Olsztyn, Poland.
Aleksander PrejbiszDepartment of Hypertension, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
Urszula Swoboda-RydzDepartment of Foreign Languages, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Mariusz I FurmanekDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Medical Centre for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.
Małgorzata SzperlDepartment of Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
Andrzej JanuszewiczDepartment of Hypertension, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
Mariola PęczkowskaDepartment of Hypertension, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHereditary head and neck paragangliomas (HNP) are very often associated with pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma syndromes, which are caused by mutations in genes encoding subunits of succinate dehydrogenase ( MATERIAL/

methodsA total of 72 patients with

resultsThe HNP were statistically more frequent in carriers of

conclusions

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Carotid Body TumorHead and Neck NeoplasmsParaganglioma, Extra-AdrenalSuccinate Dehydrogenase

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PMID27867439
PMCPMC5102251

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