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Molecular alterations in chronic ulcerative colitis-associated and sporadic hyperplastic polyps: a comparative analysis.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 May 2002
Odze Robert D, Brien Tom, Brown Charlotte A, Hartman Christopher J, Wellman Axel, Fogt Franz
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OBJECTIVES: There is growing interest in the biological and molecular features and neoplastic potential of colonic hyperplastic polyps because of the recent finding of K-ras mutations in many of these lesions. Hyperplastic polyps may also develop in chronic ulcerative colitis (CUC), but it is unclear if these are biologically similar to the sporadic type. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the...
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