Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) manifest numerous colorectal adenomas as well as benign and malignant extra-colonic lesions. Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene mutations are the underlying genetic defect in FAP. We analyzed germline D N A of 81 unrelated FAP patients and evalua
Presymptomatic direct detection of adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene mutations in familial adenomatous polyposis
β Scribed by Gloria M. Petersen; Clair Francomano; Ken Kinzler; Yusuke Nakamura
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 534 KB
- Volume
- 91
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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