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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
The current clinical diagnosis of Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease demands at least one specific [corrected] VHL manifestation in a patient with familial VHL disease, or, in a [corrected] sporadic patient, at least two or more hemangioblastomas or a single hemangioblastoma in combination with a typical visceral lesion. To evaluate this definition, we studied the frequency of germline VHL mutation in three patients groups: (i) multi-organ involvement (classic VHL), (ii) limited VHL manifestations meeting criteria (non-classic VHL) and (iii) patients with VHL-associated tumors not meeting current diagnostic VHL criteria. In addition, we validated multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) as a rapid and reliable quantitative method for the identification of germline VHL deletions. The frequency of germline VHL mutations was very high in classic VHL cases with multi-organ involvement (95%), lower in non-classic cases that meet current diagnostic criteria but have limited VHL manifestations or single-organ involvement (24%) and low (3.3%), but tangible in cases not meeting current diagnostic VHL criteria. The detection of germline VHL mutations in patients or families with limited VHL manifestations, or single-organ involvement is relevant for follow-up of probands and early identification of at-risk relatives.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0009-9163
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
122-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-5-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Frequency of Von Hippel-Lindau germline mutations in classic and non-classic Von Hippel-Lindau disease identified by DNA sequencing, Southern blot analysis and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't