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

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
Subjects:
Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome
Renal cell carcinoma
Retinal capillary hemangioblastoma
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40880-016-0141-z

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