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A vitronectin M381T polymorphism increases risk of hemangioblastoma in patients with VHL gene defect.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jun 2009
Huang Jing-Shan, Lin Chih-Ming, Cheng Yu-Che, Hung Kun-Long, Chien Chih-Cheng, Chen Shao-Kuan, Chang Chih-Ju, Chen Chan-Wei, Huang Chi-Jung
Abstract excerpt
Hemangioblastomas, highly vascular tumors, occur sporadically or associated with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. Diverse mutations in the VHL gene inactivate the VHL protein and constitute the molecular etiology of the disease. Changes in VHL gene were analyzed in patients with multiplex ligatio...
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