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By Mary Kugler, R.N., About.com Guide to Rare Diseases since 2000

Von Hippel-Lindau Disease

Sunday March 21, 2004
This inherited disorder of chromosome 3 causes brain, eye, and kidney tumors. The greatest risk of von Hippel-Lindau is the development of kidney cancer.

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