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Prevalence, morphology and biology of renal cell carcinoma in von Hippel-Lindau disease compared to sporadic renal cell carcinoma.
The Journal of urology - 1 Oct 1998
Neumann H P, Bender B U, Berger D P, Laubenberger J, Schultze-Seemann W, Wetterauer U, Ferstl F J, Herbst E W, Schwarzkopf G, Hes F J, Lips C J, Lamiell J M, Masek O, Riegler P, Mueller B, Glavac D, Brauch H
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Renal cell carcinoma occurs as a sporadic tumor but may be part of the autosomal dominant von Hippel-Lindau disease, characterized by retinal and central nervous system hemangioblastoma, pheochromocytoma, pancreatic cysts and renal cell carcinoma. We determine the prevalence of von Hippel-Lindau disease in a series of unselected renal cell carcinoma cases by molecular genetic analysis, and compare...
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