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Sources of DNA Testing
for von Hippel-Lindau

 

See also Information about DNA Testing for VHL

** These centers have achieved nearly a 100% hit rate!  That means that of the samples submitted to them from people with clinical diagnoses of VHL, they have found the genetic alternation in very nearly every one.  There are still a few that are very hard to find, but the technology is improving all the time. Once the mutation has been identified in a family, diagnosing the second person is much easier and can be done reliably at any of the centers listed.

(to add a center to this list, please write to info@vhl.org)

 

United States

 

Catherine Stolle, Ph.D., FACMG          ** previously at University of Pennsylvania
Molecular Genetics Laboratory
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Abramson Research Center 1106F
34th & Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: +1 215 590-8736
Fax: +1 215 590-2156
E-Mail: stolle@email.chop.edu

 

Johns Hopkins University Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Scott Audlin, Genetic counselor
Phone: 410-955-0483
Website: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dnadiagnostic/contact.htm

 

Australia

** Dr. Lesley Rawlings, Ph.D.
Familial Cancer Laboratory
Division of Molecular Pathology
Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science
Frome Road, Adelaide SA
5000 AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 (8) 8222 3667
Fax: +61 (8) 8222 3146

Brazil

J. Claudio Rocha, M.D., Ph.D., Oncology    **
Medical Director Nat Tumor Bank
INCA Rua Andre Cavalcanti,37-2andar
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Brazil
Tel: +55-21 3233-1338
E-mail: jcrocha@inca.gov.br
oncogenetica@hcancer.org.br
Website: http://www.hcancer.org.br/

Canada

Dr. D. Christie Riddell
IWK Grace Children's Hospital
5850 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia, D3J 3G9 CANADA
Phone: +1 902 428-8274
Fax: +1 902 428-8274
E-Mail: criddell@iwkgrace.ns.ca

England

Dr. Eamonn R. Maher
Dept of Clinical Genetics
Birmingham Women's Hospital
Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TS ENGLAND, U.K.
Phone: +44 121 627-2642
Fax: +44 121 627-2618
E-Mail: ermaher@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk

France

Dr. Sophie Giraud **
Laboratoire de Génétique
Hôpital Edouard Herriot
69437 Lyon Cedex 3, FRANCE
Tel: +33 4 72 11 73 83
Fax: +33 4 72 11 73 81
E-mail: sophie.giraud@chu-lyon.fr
 
 
Dr. Stéphane Richard, Oncogenetics
Kremlin-Bicêtre Hospital
61 rue Gabriel Péri
Le Kremlin Bicetre Cedex
F-94276 FRANCE
Phone: +33 (1) 49 59 67 28
Fax: +33 (1) 49 59 67 28
E-mail: stephane.richard@kb.u-psud.fr

Germany

Dr. Hans-Jochen Decker **
Bioscientia Institut für Laboruntersuchungen
Konrad Adenauer Str. 17
55218 Ingelheim
Phone: +49 6132 781133
Fax: +49 6132 781262
E-Mail: decker.jochen@bioscientia.de
 
Dr. Hartmut P. Neumann
Medizinisch Universitatsklinik
Hugstetter Strasse 55
Freiberg im Breisgau, D-7800 GERMANY
Phone: +49 761 270-3363
Fax: +49 761 270-3778
E-Mail: neumann@mm41.ukl.uni-freiburg.de

Israel

Dr. David J. Gross, Endocrinology
Hadassah University Hospital
P.O. Box 12000
Jerusalem, 91120 ISRAEL
Phone: +972 2 777648
Fax: +972 2 437940

Italy

Dr. Paola Mandick and Dr. Mariapino Montera
Institute of Biology and Genetics
University of Genoa
Viale Benedetto XV, 6
16132 Genoa, ITALY
Phone: +39 10 353-7957
Fax: +39 10 353-8978
E-mail: gm@unige.it
 
Dr. Alessandra Murgia and Dr. Guiseppe Opocher    **
Department of Pediatrics
University of Padua
Padova, ITALY
Phone: +39 49 821-3512
Fax: +39 49 821-3502
E-mail: Dr. Alessandra Murgia
Web site: http://www.unipd.it/adrennet/paginaVHL.it.html

Netherlands

Dr. J. K. Ploos van Amstel, DMG
UMC Utrecht, Hpnr. KC.04.084.2
Post Po Box 85090
Utrecht
NL-3508 GA The Netherlands
W: + 31 30 250 3800
Fax: + 31 30 250 5301
E-mail: J.K.PloosvanAmstel@dmg.azu.nl

Poland

Dr. Karol Krzystolik, Dept Genetics
Pomeranian Academy of Medicine
al. Powstancow Wlkp. 72
Szczecin, 70-111 POLAND
Phone: +48 91 4828 450
Fax: +48 91 4828 450
E-Mail: poland@vhl.org           * If e-mail does not work, please use fax.

Spain

Dra. Carmen Ayuso
Dept. Genética Clínica
Fundación Jimínez Díaz
Avda. Reyes Católicos 2
(Plaza de Cristo Rey)
Madrid 28040, ESPANA
Teléfono: +91 (544) 69-03; +91 (550) 48-72
Fax: +91 (544) 87-35
Correo electrónico: cayuso@uni.fjd.es

[Last edited 08-Jan-2005, JWG]