A s of 1999, it is possible to test selected subjects for carriage of germline mutations in genes responsible for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), 1,2 hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), 3,4 Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, 5 and juvenile polyposis. 6,7 These diseases are heterogeneous ph
Preventive surgery for colon cancer in familial adenomatous polyposis and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome
✍ Scribed by Gabriela Möslein; Steffen Pistorius; Hans-Detlev Saeger; Hans K. Schackert
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 154 KB
- Volume
- 388
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-2451
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