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Predictors and Prevalence of Paraganglioma Syndrome Associated With Mutations of the SDHC Gene
Francesca Schiavi, PhD;
Carsten C. Boedeker, MD;
Birke Bausch, MD;
Mariola Peçzkowska, MD;
Clara Fuentes Gomez, MD;
Thomas Strassburg, MD;
Christian Pawlu, MD;
Mary Buchta;
Maren Salzmann, PhD;
Michael M. Hoffmann, MD;
Ansgar Berlis, MD;
Ingo Brink, MD;
Markus Cybulla, MD;
Mihaela Muresan, MD;
Martin A. Walter, MD;
Flavio Forrer, MD;
Matti Välimäki, MD, PhD;
Andrzej Kawecki, MD;
Zbigniew Szutkowski, MD;
Jörg Schipper, MD;
Martin K. Walz, MD;
Pascal Pigny, PhD;
Catherine Bauters, MD;
Joan E. Willet-Brozick, BS;
Bora E. Baysal, MD, PhD;
Andrzej Januszewicz, MD;
Charis Eng, MD, PhD;
Giuseppe Opocher, MD;
Hartmut P. H. Neumann, MD; for the European-American Paraganglioma Study Group
JAMA. 2005;294:2057-2063.
ABSTRACT
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Context Paraganglioma syndrome includes inherited head and neck paragangliomas (HNPs) and adrenal or extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas and are classified according to the susceptibility genes SDHB, SDHC, and SDHD. In contrast with those with germline mutations of the SDHB and SDHD genes, clinical and genetic data on patients with mutations of SDHC are scarce.
Objective To determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of SDHC mutation carriers compared with patients with SDHB and SDHD mutations and with sporadic cases.
Design, Setting, and Patients Genetic screening for SDHC mutations in an international HNP registry of 121 unrelated index cases and in 371 sporadic cases from a pheochromocytoma registry, conducted January 1, 2001, until December 31, 2004. Identified index cases and affected relatives were clinically evaluated.
Main Outcome Measures Prevalence of and clinical findings for SDHC mutation–associated HNPs vs those with SDHB and SDHD mutations.
Results The prevalence of SDHC carriers was 4% in HNP but 0% in pheochromocytoma index cases. None of the SDHC mutation carriers had signs of pheochromocytoma. We compared HNPs in 22 SDHC mutation carriers with the HNPs of SDHB (n = 15) and SDHD (n = 42) mutation carriers and with 90 patients with sporadic HNPs. Location, number of tumors, malignancy, and age were different: more carotid body tumors were found in SDHC (13/22 [59%]) than in sporadic HNPs (29/90 [32%], P = .03), as well as fewer instances of multiple tumors in SDHC (2/22) than in SDHD (24/42; P<.001), 0 malignant tumors in SDHC vs 6/15 in SDHB (P = .002), and younger age at diagnosis in SDHC than in sporadic HNPs (45 vs 52 years; P = .03).
Conclusions Patients with HNP, but not those with pheochromocytoma, harbor SDHC mutations in addition to those in SDHB and SDHD. In total, more than one quarter of HNP patients carry a mutation in 1 of these 3 genes. Head and neck paragangliomas associated with SDHC mutations are virtually exclusively benign and seldom multifocal. Analysis for germline mutations of SDHC is recommended in apparently sporadic HNP to identify risk of inheritance.
INTRODUCTION
Paraganglioma syndrome (PGL) is a clinical term that has been introduced to describe a group of diseases in which patients may have neoplasias of several paraganglia.1-2 For at least 4 decades, it has been known that such conditions may be heritable.3 In addition, thoracic, retroperitoneal, and adrenal locations (eg, extra-adrenal or adrenal pheochromocytomas) are also well-recognized components of PGL.4-5 Thus, patients may initially present with a local mass of the neck or other paraganglial sites with or without general symptoms of hormone release demonstrating functional or nonfunctional tumors.
Paraganglioma syndrome has been classified genetically into 4 entities, PGL1, PGL2, PGL3, and PGL4. To date, 3 of these 4 entities have been associated with germline mutations in the genes encoding 3 of the subunits of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), which has a key function in the Krebs cycle and the respiratory chain. Germline mutations in SDHB,5 SDHC,6 and SDHD7 have been found in PGL4, PGL3, and PGL1, respectively. In contrast, mutations of SDHA have not, to date, been associated with paragangliomas (Sarah McWhinney, BA, and C.E., unpublished data, December 2004); instead, germline homozygous mutation in this gene is associated with Leigh syndrome, characterized by severe neurodegeneration.8 So far, the gene for PGL2 has not been identified.1-2
When germline SDHC and SDHD mutations were first identified in families with several members who had head and neck paragangliomas (HNPs), it was initially believed that SDH mutations were perhaps associated primarily with PGL syndromes presenting with HNPs.6-7 Subsequently, however, germline SDHD mutations were identified in individuals and families with pheochromocytoma as well.4, 9 SDHB mutations were then found in patients with HNPs and pheochromocytoma.5 Rarely, HNPs have also been observed as an inherited condition in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 and von Hippel–Lindau disease, for which the susceptibility genes are RET and VHL, respectively.10-13
It is of great clinical relevance to determine if any particular features of PGL are associated with a particular gene mutation and if the presence of a mutation in a particular gene could predict the characteristics of PGL neoplasias.
METHODS
Registries
The Head and Neck Paraganglioma Registry was founded in 2000 based on ascertainment of patients with HNP throughout Germany; all 150 German departments of otorhinolaryngology were contacted and most participated. Subsequently, we extended the registry to cases in Italy, Poland, Spain, France, Finland, and Switzerland; unlike that in Germany, these registrations are not population-based.
The population-based Pheochromocytoma Registry comprises patients presenting clinically with adrenal, extraadrenal abdominal, and thoracic pheochromocytomas, mainly from Freiburg, Germany, as well as from Warsaw, Poland, and Padova, Italy, where systematic registration dates back to 1985.2 Subsequently, other centers in Germany as well as groups from Pamplona, Spain, and Nancy, France, joined the registry. (Unregistered cases from Pittsburgh, Pa, and Lille, France, were added later during data analysis.) To determine if the characteristics of the population-based German registry were different from those from the non–population-based cases outside of Germany, we compared their demographic and tumor characteristics and their mutation frequencies. There was no statistical difference between demographic and tumor features between the 2 groups (P = .10-.99), nor was there any difference in mutation frequencies (2/88 vs 2/33; P = .13 by 2-tailed Fisher exact test).
Only index cases (ie, patients not related to one another) are listed in the registries. No patient entered both registries, since those with both HNPs and pheochromocytomas were counted only for the first symptomatic lesion. Regarding tumor biology, we defined a malignant HNP as a tumor with distant metastases. One important inclusion criterion for this study was that blood DNA had to be available. Patients with clinical signs of neurofibromatosis type 1 were excluded.
Molecular Genetic Analyses
For each patient, genomic DNA was extracted from 10 mL of EDTA-anticoagulated blood using standard methods. Polymerase chain reaction amplification was performed for all 6 exons of the SDHC gene using primers and conditions as shown in Table 1 and as reported by others.6, 14-15 All samples were analyzed by single-strand conformational polymorphism and denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography. Exons showing single-strand conformational polymorphism or denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography variations were sequenced. Purified polymerase chain reaction products were directly sequenced in both directions using the amplification primers and the dideoxy chain termination method (DYEnamic ET Kit, Amersham Biosciences, Freiburg, Germany) on a MegaBACE 500 sequencer (Amersham Biosciences). In parallel, all patients underwent germline analysis for the genes RET, VHL, SDHB, and SDHD using methods as previously published.2
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Table 1. Primers Used in the Study
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As controls, we used 100 unpaid healthy blood donor volunteers of both sexes from Freiburg and Warsaw. Samples were stripped of identifiers and made anonymous.
Investigation Program for Carriers of an SDHC Mutation and Their Relatives
Once a germline SDHC mutation was detected, we invited the patient for clinical reevaluation. The investigation program included magnetic resonance imaging of the neck and skull base, the thorax, and the abdomen as well as 24-hour urine assay for norepinephrine, epinephrine, and vanillylmandelic acid levels. In addition, we offered all first-degree relatives testing for the SDHC mutation found in the index case. Relatives underwent testing on a volunteer basis. If positive results were found, further clinical evaluation was offered. This strategy of molecular and clinical investigation is similar to that described previously.16
Literature Review
To increase our sample size of individuals with an SDHC mutation for clinical correlates, we performed a literature review using PubMed and the Medical Subject Heading terms SDHC and paraganglioma and noted the presence or absence of description of features such as exact tumor location, age at diagnosis, number of tumors, and tumor malignancy. We also contacted the principal authors of these articles, several of whom are authors on the present article. Head and neck paraganglioma–positive relatives of index cases reported by others in the literature were included in our clinical-molecular correlative studies.
Clinical-Molecular Correlative Studies and Statistical Analysis
We sought to determine the similarities and differences of clinical features among individuals carrying SDHC mutations, those with SDHB and SDHD mutations, and those without germline mutations. For these purposes, the series of SDHC mutation carriers comprised those detected after screening the 2 registries for mutations in this gene, mutation-positive relatives of these index cases, and SDHC mutation carriers found in the literature and their mutation-positive relatives. The relevant features, such as exact tumor location, age at diagnosis, number of tumors, and malignancy, were compared with the features of those with SDHB and SDHD mutations2, 16 and those with sporadic tumors, the latter of which was defined as those without SDHC, SDHB, SDHD, RET, or VHL mutations.
For statistical analyses, a 2-tailed Fisher exact test was used for 2 x 2 contingency tables. Based on an  level of .05 and the respective numbers of cases given in Table 2, statistical power for detection of a 25% vs 50% relative prevalence in tumor location was roughly 60% between the SDHC and sporadic groups and was roughly 50% and 30% when SDHC was tested vs SDHD and SDHB, respectively. For larger contingency tables, a generalized Fisher test17 was used. Age differences were tested for significance with the Mann-Whitney U test (pairwise) and the Kruskal-Wallis test (comparison of all groups). All tests for statistical significance were implemented with Mathematica, version 5 (Wolfram Research Inc, Champaign, Ill); statistical power was calculated with Sample Size Web-based software (Massachusetts General Hospital Biostatistics Center, Boston; available at http://hedwig.mgh.harvard.edu/biostatistics).
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Table 2. Major Characteristics of Subgroups of HNP Patients and Relatives
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The project was approved by the ethics committees of the respective institutions. All participants provided oral (17%) or written (83%) consent in accordance with the accepted standards for each respective country. The study was conducted from January 1, 2001, until December 31, 2004.
RESULTS
As of December 31, 2004, the Head and Neck Paraganglioma Registry consisted of 121 unrelated index cases who presented with HNP (Table 3). At this time, 2 (2%) of 93 German and 3 (11%; P = .81) of 28 non-German HNP registrants were found to have a family history of autonomic nervous system tumors. Fifteen percent of the German and 18% of the non-German patients had multiple tumors (P = .77).
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Table 3. Cases of HNP and Their SDHB, SDHC, and SDHD Gene Mutations
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None of the 121 index cases with HNP showed germline mutations of the genes RET or VHL and none had signs of neurofibromatosis type 1. Five cases had a mutation of the SDHC gene (Table 4). Eight (7%) had mutations of the SDHB gene and 20 (17%) had mutations of the SDHD gene. Finally, 88 cases without any mutations in these 5 genes were classified as having sporadic HNP. Thus, prevalence of SDHC was 4% (5/121 cases). The SDHC mutations are located in exons 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 and are summarized in Table 4. Two of the mutations are stop codon mutations, 1 mutation leads to a start codon change, 1 mutation causes a splice site alteration, and 1 mutation is a missense mutation, which did not occur in the 100 healthy controls. Clinically, 1 case had a carotid body tumor and 4 cases had jugular paragangliomas (Figure). No patient had multiple tumors, and family history of paragangliomas was positive in only 1 case. None of the tumors was a malignant paraganglioma, but among the 4 cases with jugular paragangliomas, all had permanent palsy of at least 1 cranial nerve.
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Table 4. Germline Mutations of the SDHC Gene in Index Cases and Literature Review Cases*
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Figure. Magnetic Resonance Image of Index Case 5
Coronal T2-weighted magnetic resonance image with inhomogeneous signal intensity. Index case 5 is a 38-year-old man. Note the well-delineated right jugular paraganglioma.
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From the Pheochromocytoma Registry, as a first step we removed all index cases with mutations of the RET gene or the VHL gene or clinical signs of neurofibromatosis type 1. The remaining 371 index cases were all tested for SDHC mutations, but none had such a mutation, whereas 21 cases had an SDHB mutation and 21 cases had an SDHD mutation.2, 16
The key features of the 5 index cases with mutations of the SDHC gene and their relatives who tested positive for mutations are summarized in Table 5. Among 27 living first-degree relatives, 23 had been genetically tested and 10 of those were carriers. A major result was that none of the adequately investigated carriers of an SDHC mutation had an abdominal or thoracic pheochromocytoma. Of those who had no imaging of the abdomen or thorax and no evaluation of catecholamine release, no signs or symptoms of such tumors have been reported.
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Table 5. Clinical Characteristics of SDHC Gene Mutation Carriers Found in This Study and in a Literature Review
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We then sought to determine if gene-specific clinical, pathological, or demographic features differentiate those with SDHC mutations from those with SDHB and SDHD mutations and from those with sporadic HNP. We achieved this by systematically collecting the clinical, pathological, and demographic data, as described in detail previously.2, 16 A combined total of 22 patients with HNP and with SDHC mutations from this series and from the literature, all updated for this report (Tables 2 and 5), were compared with the sporadic cases (n = 90) identified in this study, as well as with those with SDHB mutations (15 cases of HNP), and those with SDHD mutations (42 cases of HNP). Only 6 cases completed the full screening, including magnetic resonance imaging of the neck, thorax, and abdomen, although clinical examination was offered to all carriers at least once. This type of uptake of offered comprehensive clinical surveillance in mutation carriers is, in our experience, no different than in those with RET or VHL mutations. Overall, clinical differences among the 4 groups, SDHC mutation carriers, SDHD mutation carriers, SDHB mutation carriers, and sporadic HNP cases, were found in tumor location (P<.001 to P = .16), multifocality of tumors (P<.001), and frequency of malignant disease (P<.001) (Table 2). Of note, those with SDHC mutations do not have thoracic or abdominal pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma, in contrast with those with SDHB and SDHD mutations, as shown previously. The carotid body was the favored location of HNP in all subgroups. Tympanic paragangliomas are rare and have never been seen in SDHB mutation carriers. Multiple tumors were more frequently associated with SDHD mutation carriers than with those with SDHC mutations (24/42 vs 2/22; P<.001). The most striking feature, however, is that the pertinent clinical features of the HNP found in patients with SDHC mutations are similar to those in sporadic HNP. No malignant tumors were found in both groups; roughly 10% in both groups had multiple tumors (2/22 vs 10/90; P = .30). Carotid body tumors seemed to occur more frequently in SDHC mutation carriers than in sporadic HNP (13/22 vs 29/90; P = .03), but no significant difference in the distribution of tumors between SDHC and sporadic HNP mutations could be detected for the other tumor locations (jugular, 6/22 vs 33/90 [P = .46]; tympanic, 2/22 vs 21/90 [P = .24]; vagal, 2/22 vs 3/90 [P = .25]). The median age at diagnosis was 36 years (range, 13-67 years) among SDHD mutation carriers, 39 years (range, 21-66 years) among SDHB mutation carriers, and 46 years (range, 13-73 years) among SDHB mutation carriers, all significantly different from the median age at diagnosis of sporadic HNP (53 years; range, 15-83 years; P<.001, P = .01, and P = .03, respectively). This indicates a genotype dependence of the age-related penetrance, which confirms published data for SDHD and SDHB.16 However, also regarding this parameter, SDHC mutations are more similar to sporadic HNP than to SDHB or SDHD mutations.16 Because of multiple comparisons, it may be sensible to avoid possible spurious significances by accepting an level of .01 or lower instead of .05 as done herein (Bonferroni correction). This strengthens the statement that the available data do not allow a clinical or statistical distinction between SDHC-related disease and sporadic paraganglioma.
COMMENT
Paraganglioma syndrome can include heritable disorders, and only recently have its susceptibility genes been identified. The syndromes associated with germline mutations of the SDHD gene (PGL1) and the SDHB gene (PGL4) are relatively well characterized in regard to mutation spectra and associated clinical features.2, 16, 18 Both can initially present with HNPs or adrenal and extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas, including those in a thoracic location.16 For PGL1 and PGL4, more than 20 different mutations each have been described.19-20 In contrast, little is known about the true population-based prevalence of SDHC mutations for any given PGL presentation or the clinical features found in patients with these mutations. Our current comprehensive clinicogenetic study of SDHC has revealed that the prevalence of germline SDHC mutations is 4% (5/121) in the population-based International HNP Registry (Table 4), but no SDHC mutations were found among 371 unrelated cases symptomatically presenting with thoracic or abdominal extra-adrenal or adrenal pheochromocytomas from the population-based Pheochromocytoma Registry. These observations contrast with those for SDHB and SDHD mutation carriers, who can present either with HNP or with thoracic/abdominal (including adrenal) pheochromocytomas.2, 4, 7, 16
All SDHC mutations known at present are summarized in Table 4. They are distributed over the entire gene except on exon 3. They comprise loss of the start codon, missense mutations (substitution of one amino acid by another), or mutations causing truncation of the putative SDHC protein due to a stop codon, a splice site alteration, or a large deletion. Not all mutations identified by this study have been described. The number of different mutations of the SDHC gene is only one third as many as those known both for SDHB and for SDHD.16, 19-20
To study the prevalence of germline SDHC mutations and clinical characteristics of SDHC mutation carriers, we have created16 and enlarged the International HNP Registry. The registry, to which systematic accrual initially occurred from Germany on a population basis, was extended to other countries and currently comprises 121 symptomatic unrelated (index) cases. The prevalence of SDHC mutations was 4% in the 121 index cases (among the German population, 2%; P = .08). Evaluation of these 121 patients for mutations in SDHB and SDHD revealed frequencies of 7% and 17%, respectively. These frequencies were not different between the German registrants and others (in the German population, mutation frequencies were 6% and 13%). This contrasts with mutation frequencies for SDHB, SDHC, and SDHD in 3 different series of 98 HNP cases, all of which were not population-based.1, 19, 21 Their overall mutation frequencies range from 12% to 41%. Mutation frequencies for SDHB range from 0% to 9% for sporadic presentations and from 9% to 33% for familial presentations; SDHD mutation frequencies range from 0% to 9% for sporadic and 33% to 82% for familial presentations. Of note, no SDHC mutations were found in these 3 series. It is difficult to precisely determine why SDHC mutations were absent from the previous 3 series of HNP, which were tested for this gene. Notably, a whole exon deletion was the cause of the initial failure to find the SDHC mutation among clinic patients ascertained in the United States.1, 22 One observation is that to date, all but 1 SDHC mutation carrier (Table 4) were found in Western Europe. Why the mutation frequencies for SDHB and SDHD mutations contrast with our population-based registry is likely explained by the referral-based and hospital-based nature of the other 3 series. Indeed, the most selective series, based in 2 tertiary referral centers in the United States, has the highest frequencies of mutations.7
Our current study provides evidence that carriers of SDHC mutations have a different profile compared with carriers of SDHB and SDHD mutations regarding age of disease onset, abdominal lesions, multifocal tumors, and tendency toward malignant transformation of tumors. Of interest, we could not find demographic, clinical, or pathological features that clearly differentiate between sporadic and SDHC-associated HNPs. Importantly, 4 of 5 index cases (all with jugular tumors) carrying an SDHC mutation had an outcome dominated by permanent palsy of at least 1 cranial nerve. The only chance to ameliorate the prognosis is to identify carriers in an asymptomatic stage in order to operate on the tumors before development of health risks. Thus, to help differentiate SDHC-related HNP from sporadic HNP, SDHC gene testing may be clinically useful. However, it should be noted that carotid body HNPs are common in both SDHD- and SDHC-related HNP, so that such presentations may trigger SDHD followed by SDHC genetic testing. On the other hand, glomus vagale HNP presentations should signal the clinical cancer geneticist to begin with SDHC testing. Importantly, because no SDHC mutations were found in our population-based registry of 371 symptomatic pheochromocytoma presentations, it is safe to recommend that such patients do not have to be offered SDHC gene testing. We therefore conclude that SDHC mutation testing is as useful a molecular diagnostic adjunct for HNP presentations as are SDHB, SDHD, VHL, and RET gene testing in pheochromocytoma cases.
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Corresponding Author: Hartmut P. H. Neumann, MD, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Hugstetter Strasse 55, D 79106 Freiburg, Germany (neumann{at}med1.ukl.uni-freiburg.de).
Author Contributions: Dr Neumann had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Drs Schiavi, Boedeker, Bausch, Peçzkowska, and Gomez contributed equally to the manuscript.
Study concept and design: Boedeker, Pawlu, Walz, Januszewicz, Eng, Opocher, Neumann.
Acquisition of data: Schiavi, Bausch, Peçzkowska, Gomez, Strassburg, Salzmann, Hoffmann, Berlis, Brink, Cybulla, Muresan, Walter, Forrer, Välimäki, Kawecki, Szutkowski, Schipper, Walz, Pigny, Bauters, Willet-Brozick, Baysal, Januszewicz, Neumann.
Analysis and interpretation of data: Boedeker, Bausch, Pawlu, Buchta, Salzmann, Hoffmann, Walz, Willet-Brozick, Baysal, Eng, Neumann.
Drafting of the manuscript: Schiavi, Pawlu, Salzmann, Pigny, Willet-Brozick, Eng, Opocher, Neumann.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Boedeker, Bausch, Peçzkowska, Gomez, Strassburg, Pawlu, Buchta, Hoffmann, Berlis, Brink, Cybulla, Muresan, Walter, Forrer, Välimäki, Kawecki, Szutkowski, Schipper, Walz, Bauters, Baysal, Januszewicz, Opocher, Neumann.
Statistical analysis: Pawlu.
Obtained funding: Baysal, Eng, Neumann.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Boedeker, Bausch, Gomez, Strassburg, Buchta, Salzmann, Hoffmann, Berlis, Cybulla, Walter, Forrer, Välimäki, Kawecki, Szutkowski, Schipper, Walz, Willet-Brozick, Baysal, Eng, Neumann.
Study supervision: Forrer, Pigny, Baysal, Eng, Opocher, Neumann.
Financial Disclosures: None reported.
European-American Paraganglioma Study Group: D. Adler, H. Behrbohm, M. Heck, O. Kaschke, L. Neumann, A. Scherer, V. Schilling, Berlin, Germany; K. Aittomäki, Helsinki, Finland; B. Allolio, E. Blind, Würzburg, Germany; M. Anlauf, Bremerhaven, Germany; A. Berg, Itzehoe, Germany; T. Beleitis, S. Heilmann, Dresden, Germany; A. Berghaus, U. Graubner, M. Reincke, H. Schmidt, Munich, Germany; Dr Bergk, M. Bloching, M. Brauckhoff, O. Gimm, Halle, Germany; F. Bootz, Bonn, Germany; G. Borkowski, Bad Lippepringe, Germany; G. Brabant, H.-J. Welkoborsky, Hannover, Germany; F.-X. Brunner, Augsburg, Germany; T-.H. Deitmer, J. Hartwein, M. Hausmann, Dortmund, Germany; H. Houlston, G. MacGregor, London, England; W. Draf, Fulda, Germany; G. Dyckhoff, Heidelberg, Germany; D. Esser, Erfurt, Germany; A. Fernandez, E. Munoz, Salamanca, Spain; M. Fischer, S. Petersenn, Essen, Germany; C. Fottner, Dr Klein, K. Mann, S. Stetter, M. Weber, Mainz, Germany; U. Ganzer, M. Wagenmann, Düsseldorf, Germany; K. Gawad, Hamburg, Germany; H. Gorgulla, Koblenz, Germany; A. Grünewald-Fritsch, Stuttgart, Germany; H. Jung, Bremen, Germany; H. Kaftan, Greifswald, Germany; B. Klee, Brandenburg, Germany; M. Klein, G. Weryha, Nancy, France; K. Limacher, Strasbourg, France; D. Liebe, Bad Saarow, Germany; P. Lohnstein, W. Maier, Freiburg, Germany; U. Müller, Giessen, Germany; E. Müller, Neubrandenburg, Germany; M. Müntzel, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany; J. Naujoks, Stade, Germany; H. Neff, Neckarsulm, Germany; D. Riepe, Ahaus, Germany; F. Schwerdtfeger, Trier, Germany; W. Steiner, Göttingen, Germany; M. Strohm, Karlsruhe, Germany; B. Weber, Zürich, Switzerland.
Funding/Support: This study was supported by grant 70-3313-Ne 1 to Dr Neumann from the Deutsche Krebshilfe, Bonn, Germany; grants NE 571/5-1 and NE 571/5-1 to Dr Neumann from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn, grants R01HD39058-04 and R01HD39058-04S1 to Dr Eng from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md, and grant 2004069534 to Dr Opocher from MIUR, Rome, Italy. Dr Eng is a recipient of the Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award.
Role of the Sponsors: None of the funding agencies had any input into the design or conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data; or preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
Author Affiliations: Department of Endocrinology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy (Drs Schiavi and Opocher); Departments of Otorhinolaryngology (Drs Boedeker and Schipper), Nephrology (Drs Bausch, Salzmann, Cybulla, and Neumann and Ms Buchta), Physiology (Dr Pawlu), Laboratory Medicine (Dr Hoffmann), Neuroradiology (Dr Berlis), and Nuclear Medicine (Dr Brink), Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Hypertension, Institute of Cardiology (Drs Peçzkowska and Januszewicz), and Department of Head and Neck Cancer, Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Institute of Oncology (Drs Kawecki and Szutkowski), Warsaw, Poland; Department of Endocrinology, Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain (Dr Gomez); Department of Endocrinology, Hôpital de Brabois, University of Nancy, Nancy, France (Dr Muresan); Institute of Nuclear Medicine (Dr Walter) and Department of Nuclear Medicine (Dr Forrer), Division of Endocrinology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland (Dr Välimäki); Department of Surgery, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany (Dr Walz); Laboratory of Endocrine Biochemistry (Dr Pigny) and Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital (Dr Bauters), University of Lille, Lille, France; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa (Ms Willet-Brozick and Dr Baysal); and Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio (Dr Eng). Dr Strassburg is in otolaryngology private practice in Brunsbüttel, Germany.
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