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Prevalence and morphology of pouch and ileal adenomas in familial adenomatous polyposis.
Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Apr 2005
Groves Christopher J, Beveridge lain G, Swain David J, Saunders Brian P, Talbot Ian C, Nicholls R John, Phillips Robin K
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: In familial adenomatous polyposis, the long-term risk of pouch polyposis and potential for pouch cancer are unknown. Our aim was to evaluate prospectively the prevalence, nature, and etiology of pouch ileal adenomas with that of nonpouch ileal adenomas in familial adenomatous polyposis. METHODS: Sixty patients with familial adenomatous polyposis pouch, 47 familial adenomatous polyposis patients with...
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