Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: Experience from a Study of 1164 Unrelated German Polyposis Patients

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The autosomal-dominant precancerous condition familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is caused by germline mutations in the tumour suppressor gene <it>APC</it>. Consistent correlations between the site of mutations in the gene and clinical phenotype hav...

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Main Authors: Friedl Waltraut, Aretz Stefan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-09-01
Series:Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
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Online Access:http://www.hccpjournal.com/content/3/3/95