Novel mutations in the LKB1/STK11 gene i
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Anne Marie Westerman; Mark M. Entius; Patrick P.C. Boor; Rita Koole; Ellen de Ba
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare hereditary disorder in which gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyposis, mucocutaneous pigmentation, and a predisposition for developing cancer are transmitted in an autosomal dominant fashion. The recently identified LKB1/STK11 gene located at chromosome 19p