Endocrine Abstracts

Pheochromocytomas (PHEOs) and paragangliomas (PGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors. About 30-40% of these tumors are due to e germ-line mutation in one of the 13 main susceptibility genes which include: the tumor-suppressor gene VHL; the proto-oncogene RET; the tumor-suppressor gene Nf1; the genes encoding the four subunits of the succinate dehydrogenase (SDH); the SDHAF2/SDH5 gene that is responsible for the flavination of the SDHA subunit;...

Prof. Massimo Mannelli is Full Professor of Endocrinology in the Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences ‘Mario Serio’, University of Florence. He is Senior Lecturer in Endocrinology at the Postgraduate School of Endocrinology, University of Florence. He is Director of the Post-graduate School of Endocrinology and Metabolism.He is member of the It...