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VHL P25L is not a pathogenic von Hippel-Lindau mutation: a family study.
Molecular diagnosis & therapy - 1 Jan 2006
Pettman Rachel K, Crowley Amy, Riddell Christie, Ludman Mark D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a hereditary tumor syndrome in which affected individuals may develop CNS and retinal hemangioblastomas, pheochromocytomas, renal cell carcinoma, and cysts of various organs. The VHL gene has been localized to chromosome 3p25-26 and >500 germline mutations have been identified. A rare variant of the VHL gene results in the substitution of lysine for proline at...
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