333C>G111S111R
A study of 34 Polish families revealed germline mutations in 30 families using DNA isolated from peripheral blood luykocytes to sequence through PCR and Quantitative Southern analysis. Mutations were not detected in 4 probands fulfilling clinical criteria for von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHLD). This missense mutation was found in a VHL patient with hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system and retina (family no. 12). There was no family history of VHL, however the parents were not tested.