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Different expressivity of two adjacent mutations of the APC gene.
Tumori - 1 Jan 2000
Presciuttini S, Gismondi V, Scarcello E, Sala P, D'Elia F, Rossetti C, Caroti-Ghelli C, Molina F, Groden J, Mosca F, Bertario L, Varesco L
Abstract excerpt
AIMS AND BACKGROUND: The phenotypic expression of different APC mutations in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is variable: two to three variants of the disease have been defined based on the severity of colonic manifestations. Age of onset and number of polypectomies per person-year of post-surgical follow-up were compared in two FAP families with very close mutation sites in the APC gene, in order to...
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