Rare mutations predisposing to familial adenomatous polyposis in Greek FAP patients
β Scribed by Markos Mihalatos; Angela Apessos; Hans Dauwerse; Voula Velissariou; Aristidis Psychias; Alexander Koliopanos; Konstantinos Petropoulos; John K Triantafillidis; Ioannis Danielidis; George Fountzilas; Niki J Agnantis; Georgios Nasioulas
- Book ID
- 115010699
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 347 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1471-2407
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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
## Development of one hundred or more adenomas in the colon and rectum is diagnostic for the dominantly inherited, autosomal disease Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP). It is possible to identify a mutation in the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) gene in approximately 80% of the patients, and alm