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Gastric carcinoid: germline and somatic mutation of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene.
Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2007
Stewart W, Traynor J P, Cooke A, Griffiths S, Onen N F, Balsitis M, Shah A A, Upadhyaya M, Tobias E S
Abstract excerpt
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is one of the most common autosomal dominantly inherited conditions. A range of complications has been described, including gastrointestinal manifestations. Gastric carcinoid tumours are associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia, atrophic gastritis and pernicious anaemia but have not been reported in NF1 in the absence of other predisposing factors. We report the occurrence and...
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