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von Hippel-Lindau Disease
1 Nov 1997
Abstract excerpt
von Hippel-Lindau disease is a hereditary cancer syndrome characterized by the development of vascular tumors of the central nervous system and retina, clear cell renal carcinomas, pheochromocytomas, pancreatic islet cell tumors, endolymphatic sac tumors, and benign cysts affecting a variety of organs. VHL disease is caused by germline mutations of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene located on chromosome...
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