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SMAD genes in juvenile polyposis.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Sept 1999
Roth S, Sistonen P, Salovaara R, Hemminki A, Loukola A, Johansson M, Avizienyte E, Cleary K A, Lynch P, Amos C I, Kristo P, Mecklin J P, Kellokumpu I, Järvinen H, Aaltonen L A
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile polyposis (JP) is a dominantly inherited condition characterized by the development of multiple hamartomatous tumors, juvenile polyps, in the gastrointestinal tract. The aim of this study was to clarify the role of SMAD4 in JP. DNA from four unrelated JP kindreds and three sporadic JP cases was available for mutation screening. Two truncating defects (one in a familial and one in a sporadic case) and one...
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