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A novel von Hippel-Lindau point mutation presents as apparently sporadic pheochromocytoma.
Cancer investigation - 1 Jul 2008
Rich Thereasa A, Jonasch Eric, Matin Surena, Waguespack Steven G, Gombos Dan S, Santarpia Libero, Stolle Catherine, Jimenez Camilo
Abstract excerpt
Von Hippel Lindau disease is a common cause of apparently sporadic pheochromocytomas. Herein, we describe a 20-year-old man with an apparently sporadic pheochromocytoma associated with a novel, relatively conservative germline Gly104Val VHL gene mutation, which is localized within exon 1 of the VHL gene corresponding to the beta -domain of the VHL protein (pVHL). The nearly asymptomatic patient's father also...
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