Clinical and molecular characteristics of East Asian patients with von Hippel–Lindau syndrome

Abstract Background Von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) syndrome is a dominantly inherited multisystem cancer syndrome caused by a heterozygous mutation in the VHL tumor suppressor gene. Previous studies suggested that similar populations of Caucasian and Japanese patients have similar genotype or phenotype cha...

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Main Authors: Meihua Wong, Ying-Hsia Chu, Hwei Ling Tan, Hideharu Bessho, Joanne Ngeow, Tiffany Tang, Min-Han Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-08-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40880-016-0141-z