Article
Germline mutations in the von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor gene: correlations with phenotype.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1995
Chen F, Kishida T, Yao M, Hustad T, Glavac D, Dean M, Gnarra J R, Orcutt M L, Duh F M, Glenn G
Abstract excerpt
von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is an inherited neoplastic disease characterized by a predisposition to develop retinal angiomas, central nervous system hemangioblastomas, renal cell carcinomas, pancreatic cysts, and pheochromocytomas. The VHL gene was recently isolated by positional cloning. The...
Topics
- Adrenal Gland Neoplasms
- Base Sequence
- DNA
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Genotype
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
