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The von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene.
Experimental cell research - 10 Mar 2001
Kondo K, Kaelin W G
Abstract excerpt
Germline mutations of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene (VHL) in humans causes a hereditary cancer syndrome characterized by the development of retinal and central nervous system hemangioblastomas. Other tumors associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease include clear cell renal carcinomas and pheochromocytomas. Tumor development in this setting is due to functional loss of the remaining wild-type VHL...
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