Article
[Retinal capillary angioma. Clinical and molecular genetic studies].
Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft - 1 Feb 1999
Kreusel K M, Bornfeld N, Bender B U, Neumann L, Foerster M H, Neumann H P
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Capillary retinal angiomas are rare vascular tumors that frequently occur in von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (vHL) but may also be sporadic. In all patients presenting with this tumor a thorough search for other vHL-associated lesions must be performed. After identification of the vHL gene on the short arm of chromosome 3 (3p25-26), the diagnosis is supported by molecular genetic analysis. PATIENTS: In 20...
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