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Familial and genetic researches on three Chinese families with von Hippel-Lindau disease.
Neurological research - 1 Sept 2009
Mao Xiao-Chun, Su Zhi-Peng, Yu Wen-Qiao, Zheng Wei-Ming, Zeng Yan-Jun
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Hemangioblastoma of the central nervous system (CNS) occur as sporadic tumors or as a part of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease, an autosomal dominant hereditary tumor syndrome caused by germline mutation of the VHL tumor suppressor gene. This study shows the clinical characteristics of three large Chinese families with VHL disease and evaluates the consequence of the genetic test for the diagnosis of...
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