Efficacy of the Straight endorectal pull-through in the management of familial adenomatous polyposis—A 16-year experience
✍ Scribed by Joel Shilyansky; Joseph L Lelli; Robert A Drongowski; Arnold G Coran
- Book ID
- 117160608
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 573 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3468
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## Abstract Within 36 months of its formation the Northern Region Polyposis Registry had increased the number of identified gene carriers of familial adenomatous polyposis from 56 to 65 in a population of 3·1 million and had achieved a 15-fold increase in the number of at-risk relatives being regul
## BACKGROUND. Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a dominantly inherited disorder characterized by the presence of more than 100 adenomatous polyps in the colon and rectum starting in the second decade of life. FAP is associated with extra colonic manifestations, including desmoid tumors.