Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
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Von Hippel-Lindau Disease Incidence
Facts about von Hippel-Lindau disease:
About 3 out of every 100,000 people in the US are born with von Hippel-Lindau disease.
The average age of diagnosis of von Hippel-Lindau disease is 29 years old.
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Last Updated: Aug 29, 2008
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Von Hippel-Lindau Disease References:
Joerger M, Koeberle D, Neumann HP, Gillessen S. Von Hippel-Lindau disease--a rare disease important to recognize. Onkologie. 2005 Mar;28(3):159-63.
Maher ER. Von Hippel-Lindau disease. Curr Mol Med. 2004 Dec;4(8):833-42.
Richard S; French VHL Study Group. von Hippel-Lindau disease: recent advances and therapeutic perspectives. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2003 Apr;3(2):215-33.
Slater A, Moore NR, Huson SM. The natural history of cerebellar hemangioblastomas in von Hippel-Lindau disease. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Sep;24(8):1570-4.
