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MYH mutations in patients with attenuated and classic polyposis and with young-onset colorectal cancer without polyps.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jul 2004
Wang Liang, Baudhuin Linnea M, Boardman Lisa A, Steenblock Kelle J, Petersen Gloria M, Halling Kevin C, French Amy J, Johnson Ruth A, Burgart Lawrence J, Rabe Kari, Lindor Noralane M, Thibodeau Stephen N
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: MYH-associated polyposis is a recently described disease that is characterized by multiple colorectal adenomas and a recessive pattern of inheritance. Individuals with MYH-associated polyposis have biallelic mutations in MYH, a base excision repair gene, and are negative for ge...
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