von hippel–lindau disease

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What does von hippel–lindau disease mean?

A type of angiophakomatosis, caused by certain DNA sequence variants (in the VHL gene).

Where does von hippel–lindau disease come from?

The German ophthalmologist Eugen von Hippel first described angiomas in the eye in 1904. Arvid Lindau described the angiomas of the cerebellum and spine in 1927.

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