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Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP). A review of the literature.
Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2003
Knudsen Anne Lyster, Bisgaard Marie Luise, Bülow Steffen
Abstract excerpt
Over the last decade, a subset of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients with a milder course of disease termed attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP) has been described. AFAP is not well-defined as a disease entity - the reports on AFAP are largely casuistic or only deal with a few kindreds--and the diagnostic criteria and methods of investigation differ markedly. The true incidence and...
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