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Vessels' morphology in SMAD4 and BMPR1A-related juvenile polyposis.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Oct 2005
Handra-Luca Adriana, Condroyer Christel, de Moncuit Céline, Tepper Maryline, Fléjou Jean-François, Thomas Gilles, Olschwang Sylviane
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile polyposis syndrome is a hamartomatous intestinal polyposis associated with malignant changes in 20% of patients at an early age. Germline mutations mostly involve two genes, SMAD4 and BMPR1, with no strong evidence of phenotype-genotype correlation, which could be predictive of the specific long-term evolution. In contrast, PTEN mutations are more commonly associated with Cowden and related diseases....
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