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Von Hippel-Lindau disease and endocrine tumour susceptibility.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Jun 2006
Woodward Emma R, Maher Eamonn R
Abstract excerpt
Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a dominantly inherited familial cancer syndrome caused by mutations in the VHL tumour suppressor gene. VHL disease is characterised by marked phenotypic variability and the most common tumours are haemangioblastomas of the retina and central nervous system and clear cell renal cell carcinoma. However, endocrine tumours, most commonly phaeochromocytoma and non-secretory...
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