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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 67:758-762 doi:10.1136/jnnp.67.6.758
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The impact of molecular genetic analysis of theVHL gene in patients with haemangioblastomas of the central nervous system

Table 2

Clinical examination programme for potential patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease 10

• Gd enhanced MR imaging of the brain
• Gd enhanced MR imaging of the spinal canal
• MR imaging of the abdomen
• Ophthalmological examination
• Fluorescein angiography of the retina
• Twenty four hour urinary catecholamine excretion
  • This programme should be performed annually in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease and there is currently no consensus for a larger interval for any of these investigations in a given germline mutation.

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