There are three new reviews of VHL this year in the medical literature, two in English, one in French, all very useful as a handy reference for physicians. These articles should aid physicians in making earlier diagnoses of VHL, and will help specialists understand the importance of full body screening for all the manifestations of this complex syndrome.

The Choyke article assembles the learning of the U.S. National Institutes of Health into a succinct desk reference which explains the kinds of manifestations, how to test for them, and some guidelines on when and how to treat them. Choyke, Glenn, et al, "Von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Genetic, Clinical, and Imaging Features," Radiology, March 1995, 639ff.

The Neumann article reviews the manifestations of VHL and has a very good explanation of the genetics of the disease and the state of DNA testing. Neumann, Lips et al, Brain Pathology, 1995, 5:181-193.

For a good review in French, see "La maladie de von Hippel-Lindau," by Stéphane Richard, Sylviane Olschwang, Dominique Chaveau, and François Resche, Synthèse Médicine/Sciences (1995) 11:43-51.

As published in the VHL Family Forum, 3:3, September 1995. For permission to reprint, please contact the VHL Family Alliance, editor@vhl.org. Further information is available from the VHL Family Alliance, info@vhl.org.