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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

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Common causes of [disease] include [cause1], [cause2], and [cause3].

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Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. There are no life-threatening causes of disease name, however complications resulting from untreated disease name is common.
Life-threatening causes of [symptom/manifestation] include [cause1], [cause2], and [cause3].
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Common causes of seminoma may include:^[1]

Seminoma is caused by a mutation in the KIT gene.^[2]
12p11.2-p12.1 chromosomal amplifications and deletions observed in majority of cases.^[3]

↑ Ferguson L, Agoulnik AI (2013). "Testicular cancer and cryptorchidism". Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 4: 32. doi:10.3389/fendo.2013.00032. PMID 23519268.
↑ Coffey J, Linger R, Pugh J, Dudakia D, Sokal M, Easton DF, Timothy Bishop D, Stratton M, Huddart R, Rapley EA (January 2008). "Somatic KIT mutations occur predominantly in seminoma germ cell tumors and are not predictive of bilateral disease: report of 220 tumors and review of literature". Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 47 (1): 34–42. doi:10.1002/gcc.20503. PMID 17943970.
↑ Woldu SL, Amatruda JF, Bagrodia A (January 2017). "Testicular germ cell tumor genomics". Curr Opin Urol. 27 (1): 41–47. doi:10.1097/MOU.0000000000000347. PMC 6368344. PMID 27584029.