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Familial adenomatous polyposis: prevalence of adenomas in the ileal pouch after restorative proctocolectomy.
Annals of surgery - 1 Mar 2001
Parc Y R, Olschwang S, Desaint B, Schmitt G, Parc R G, Tiret E
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of adenomas in ileal pouches from patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and to determine whether a correlation exists between the presence of pouch adenomas and duodenal adenomas and the site of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene mutation. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Restorative proctocolectomy can markedly reduce the risk of colorectal adenocarcinoma in FAP...
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