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Familial adenomatous polyposis patients without an identified APC germline mutation have a severe phenotype.
Gut - 1 Feb 2004
Bisgaard M L, Ripa R, Knudsen A L, Bülow S
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BACKGROUND: Development of more than 100 colorectal adenomas is diagnostic of the dominantly inherited autosomal disease familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). Germline mutations can be identified in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene in approximately 80% of patients. The APC protein comprises several regions and domains for interaction with other proteins, and specific clinical manifestations are...
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