High proportion of large genomic STK11 d
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Stefan Aretz; Dietlinde Stienen; Siegfried Uhlhaas; Steffan Loff; Walter Back; C
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Germline mutations in the STK11 gene have been identified in 10-70% of patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), an autosomal-dominant hamartomatous polyposis syndrome. A second locus was assumed in a large proportion of PJS patients. To date, STK11 alterations comprise mainly point mutations; onl