Difference between revisions of "Von Hippel-Lindau disease"

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The von Hippel-Lindau syndrome is characterized by (mnemonic: HIPPEL):[1]

Bare bones version:

  • Hippel-Lindau, with H and L as above.

Prevalence

  • 1 in 40,000 live births.[3]

See also

References

  1. URL: http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/pdf/2002_09_full_abr_8x11.pdf. Accessed on: 11 September 2008.
  2. Harris AL (2000). "von Hippel-Lindau syndrome: target for anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor therapy". Oncologist 5 Suppl 1: 32–6. PMID 10804089. http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/cgi/content-nw/full/5/suppl_1/32/T1.
  3. Singh AD, Shields CL, Shields JA (2001). "von Hippel-Lindau disease". Surv Ophthalmol 46 (2): 117–42. PMID 11578646.