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Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium and APC mutations in two Chinese families with familial adenomatous polyposis.
Eye (London, England) - 1 Feb 2000
Pang C P, Keung J W, Tang N L, Fan D S, Lau J W, Lam D S
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PURPOSE: Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE) exists almost exclusively among familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients with adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) mutations between codon 413 in exon 9 and codon 1387 in exon 15. We investigated the locality of APC mutations in relationship to the occurrence of CHRPE in two Chinese families with FAP. METHODS: Genomic DNA of available...
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