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Molecular genetic analysis of the von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) tumour suppressor gene in gonadal tumours.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Dec 1995
Foster K, Osborne R J, Huddart R A, Affara N A, Ferguson-Smith M A, Maher E R
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome 3p allele loss is frequent in ovarian and testicular tumours. The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease tumour suppressor gene maps to chromosome 3p25. Gonadal tumours may occur in patients with VHL disease, so somatic VHL gene mutations might be involved in the pathogenesis of sporadic gonadal tumours. To investigate this hypothesis, we screened 60 gonadal tumours (36 ovarian and 24 testicular) for VHL gene...
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