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Somatic mutations of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene in sporadic central nervous system hemangioblastomas.
Cancer research - 15 Sept 1994
Kanno H, Kondo K, Ito S, Yamamoto I, Fujii S, Torigoe S, Sakai N, Hosaka M, Shuin T, Yao M
Abstract excerpt
Hemangioblastoma is one of the benign tumors in the central nervous system. It is often associated with the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease, a well known hereditary tumor syndrome. It is believed that inactivation of both alleles of VHL tumor suppressor gene is essential in the tumorigenic processes in hemangioblastomas associated with VHL disease. The molecular basis for the development of sporadic...
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