title: [Germline mutations in children with cancer - leopoldina meeting report, september 26, 2014, jesuit monastery merzhausen].
abstract: Under the umbrella of the Leopoldina, National Academy of Science Germany, a one-day workshop took place with experts from Pediatric Oncology, Human Genetics, Jurisprudence and Science Ethics. Professor Dr. Matthias Brandis, former head of the Clinic of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, encouraged the authors to organize this workshop near Freiburg and provided professional and logistic support. Professor Dr. Matthias Brandis serves as the chairmen of our pediatric-gynecological section within the Leopoldina.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder-Hämatologie, -Onkologie und Klinische Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borkhardt
authors.affiliation: Kinderheilkunde, Päd. Hämatologie und Onkologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Welte
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Pädiatrische Hämatologie und Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Olschewski
authors.affiliation: Klinik IV: Pädiatrische Hämatologie und Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, ZKJ, Freiburg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Niemeyer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D018095:Germ-Line Mutation; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*