Cover Page
The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47852 holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation
Author: Niemeijer, N.D.
Title: Paragangliomas: Clinical Picture
Issue Date: 2017-03-29
PARAGANGLIOMAS:
CLINICAL PICTURE
Nicolasine D. Niemeijer
Paragangliomas: clinical picture Nicolasine Diana Niemeijer
ISBN: 978-94-6299-538-3
Copyright © Nicolasine Diana Niemeijer, 2017
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system of any nature, or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission of the author.
Layout: Nikki Vermeulen | Ridderprint BV Printing: Ridderprint BV | www.ridderprint.nl
Financial support for this thesis was generously provided by:
Raad van Bestuur IJsselland Ziekenhuis (Capelle aan den IJssel) and Goodlife Healthcare BV.
PARAGANGLIOMAS:
CLINICAL PICTURE
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 29 maart 2017
klokke 15.00 uur
door
Nicolasine Diana Niemeijer geboren op 17 februari 1981
te Gouda
Promotor: Prof. dr. A.M. Pereira
Co-promotor: dr. E.P.M. van der Kleij-Corssmit
Leden promotiecommissie: Prof. dr. T.P. Links (UMCG, Groningen) Prof. dr. E.J.P. de Koning
Prof. dr. J.A. Romijn (AMC, Amsterdam) Prof. dr. J. Morreau
Dr. J.C. Jansen
Voor mijn ouders
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 General introduction 9
Chapter 2 Low penetrance of paraganglioma and pheochromocytoma 25 in an extended kindred with a germline SDHB exon 3 deletion
Chapter 3 The phenotype of SDHB germline mutation carriers; 37 a nationwide study
Chapter 4 Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH)-deficient pancreatic 59 neuroendocrine tumor expands the SDH-related
tumor spectrum
Chapter 5 Sleep-mediated heart rate variability after bilateral carotid 79 body tumor resection
Chapter 6 131I-MIBG therapy for malignant paraganglioma and 95 pheochromocytoma: systematic review and meta-analysis
Chapter 7 Chemotherapy with cyclofosfamide, vincristine and 123 dacarbazine for malignant paraganglioma and
pheochromocytoma: systematic review and meta-analysis
Chapter 8 Summary and conclusions 143
Chapter 9 Nederlandse samenvatting 153
Appendix Curriculum Vitae 165
List of publications 169